Changes

'''Urtica incisa''', commonly called '''scrub nettle, stinging nettle''', and '''tall nettle''',<ref name="int"/> is an up-right perennial herb native to streams and rainforest of eastern and southern Australia, from the north–east southwards through the east, of Queensland and New South Wales, then across the south, through Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and parts of southern Western Australia.<ref name="int2"/> Also widespread in the North and South Island of New Zealand.

== Description Uses=={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}} ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Leaves}}. ==Chemical Composition==The hydrophilic components of nettle, including lectins and polysaccharides, hydrophobic constituents have not been ruled entirely unimportant. Each constituent may have individual effects, with the combination acting differently than any one constituent in isolation.<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=Vrscikali|ta=|te=|hi=Stinging Nettle|en=Stinging Nettle}} ==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.===Dravya=== ===Rasa===Tikta (Bitter), Kashaya (Astringent)===Guna===Laghu (Light), Ruksha (Dry), Tikshna (Sharp)===Veerya===Ushna (Hot)===Vipaka===Katu (Pungent)===Karma===Kapha, Vata===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple||The soft green leaves are 3-15 cm long are borne oppositely on an erect wiry green stem}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|greenish or brownish|5-20|It bears small greenish or brownish flowers in dense axillary inflorescences, male and female clusters along the spikeFlowers Season is June - August}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|General|7–10 mm|Fruit is a small nut|With hooked hairs|1}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==We have very little information on this species and do not know if it will be hardy in Britain, though judging by its native range it should succeed outdoors at least in the milder parts of the country.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Usually in damp gullies in Australia}}, {{Commonly seen|Lowland to montane forests}}, {{Commonly seen|forest margins and shaded open places}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Stinging Nettle (6446000603).jpg

Scrub nettle leaves are triangular and opposite, 5-12 cm long, with serrated margins and stinging hairsStinging Nettle (6446009395).jpg

Aborigines ate the leaves after baking them between hot stones. They are considered a tasty vegetable, with colonists also using it to make a tonic for "clearing the blood" Stinging Nettle flower buds (6446020785).jpg

== References == <references><ref name="intchemical composition">[httpshttp://biodiversitywww.orgiqb.aues/cbasicas/farma/nslfarma06/servicespdfs/apni?name=Urtica+incisa&max=100&display=apni&search=true ortiga01.pdf "Urtica incisachemical constituents". Australian Plant Name Index]</ref> <ref name="int2Leaf">[http://biewww.alaroundthebend.org.au/species?page_id=151 "plant description"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/httpcultivate">[https://id.biodiversitypfaf.org.au/nodeuser/apni/2920322 "Plant.aspx?LatinName=Urtica +incisa : Scrub Nettle"Cultivation details"]</ref>

== External Links == *[https://enwww.wikipediaflowersofindia.orgnet/catalog/wikislides/Urtica_incisa Stinging%20Nettle.html Urtica incisaon flowers of india]* [https://www.flowersofindiaresearchgate.net/catalogpublication/290437413_Urtica_dioica_L_Urticaceae_A_Stinging_Nettle Urtica dioica L., (Urticaceae): A Stinging Nettle]* [http://impactfactor.org/PDF/IJPCR/slides7/Stinging%20NettleIJPCR,Vol7,Issue5,Article10.pdf Urtica incisa on impactfactor.html "flowersofindia"org]