URTIGA-BRAVA
Arbusto da família Euphorbiaceae, da espécie Jatropha albo-maculata Pax.
Nota 1 e 2: Ela ocorre em todo o Sul do Brasil. Ele é revestido de espinhos retos extremamente urticantes. Ele tem raiz napiforme com casca grossa e carnosa de até 1,0 m de profundidade. As folhas são pecioladas de base cuneiforme e forma elíptica com manchas transversais brancacentas. O fruto é cápsula elipsoide. Fornece látex branco abundante, cujo resíduo dá borracha de boa qualidade.
A shrub of the family Euphorbiaceae, of the species Jatropha albo-maculata Pax.
Note 1 and 2: It occurs all over the south of Brazil. It is covered with straight thorns, which are extremely stinging. It has a napiform root with a thick and fleshy bark of 1.0 m of depth. Its leaves are petiolate of a cone and elliptical form with transversal whitish spots. Its fruits are ellipsoid capsules. It provides an abundant white latex whose residue gives rubber of good quality.