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*''Urtica argentea'' J.G. Forster (1786), *''Pipturus propinquus'' (Decne.) Wedd. (1854), *''Pipturus velutinus'' (Decne.) Wedd.(1854), *''Pipturus incanus'' (Blume) Wedd. (1869).

*A dioecious shrub or tree up to 10(-20) m tall, trunk 8-20(-40) cm in diameter, bark smooth, grey, lenticellate, inner bark soft, pale yellow to green, twigs sparsely to densely hairy; leaves .*Leaves ovate, 8-15(-35) cm × 5-10(-25) cm, base acute, obtuse, rounded to cordate, apex acuminate, margin serrate, densely strigose, densely woolly beneath, petiole 2-12(-24) cm long, stipules 3-14 mm long; spikes .*Spikes or sparsely branched panicles up to 12(-20) cm long, bracteolate, flowers clustered at intervals, subsessile to sessile, cluster 3-7 mm in diameter; male .*Male flowers 4-merous; female flowers perianth urceolate, minutely 4-toothed, densely pubescent, style up to 3 mm long; achene .*Achene white to brown, partially immersed in the spherical, fleshy, receptacle, up to 7 mm in diameter.  ''P. argenteus'' is common in disturbed habitats, especially in the eastern part of its area of distribution, from sea-level up to 1250 m altitude.

*[407] Heyne, K., 1950. De nuttige planten van Indonesië [The useful plants of Indonesia]. 3rd Edition. 2 volumes. W. van Hoeve, 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands/Bandung, Indonesia. 1660 + CCXLI pp.*[416] Holdsworth, D., 1984. Phytomedicine of the Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Part I. Karkar Island. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 22: 111—119.*[419] Holdsworth, D.K., 1987. Medicinal plants of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. Part. IV. The Goilala Mountain People. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 25: 231—235.*[426] Holdsworth, D.K., 1992. Medicinal plants of the Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea. Part II. International Journal of Pharmacognosy 31: 19—22.*[430] Holdsworth, D.K., Gideon, O. & Pilokos, B., 1989. Traditional medicine of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Part III. Konos, Central New Ireland. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 27: 55—61.*[435] Holdsworth, D.K. & Sakulas, H., 1986. Medicinal plants of the Morobe Province. Part II. The Aseki Valley. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 24: 31—40.*[436] Holdsworth, D.K. & Sakulas, H., 1987. Medicinal plants of the Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Part IV. The Snake River Valley. International Journal of Crude Drug Research 25(4): 204—208.*[438] Holdsworth, D.K. & Sakulas, H., 1992. High altitude medicinal plants of Papua New Guinea. Part II. Mount Wilhelm, Simbu Province. International Journal of Pharmacognosy 30(1): 1—4.*[523] Kessler, P.J.A. (Editor), 2000. Secondary forest trees of Kalimantan, Indonesia. A manual to 300 selected species. Tropenbos Kalimantan Series 3. MOFEC Tropenbos-Kalimantan Project, Wanariset Samboja, Balikpapan, Indonesia. 404 pp.*[556] Koorders, S.H. & Valeton, T., 1894—1915. Bijdrage tot de kennis der boomsoorten van Java [Contribution to the knowledge of the tree species of Java]. 13 parts. G. Kolff & Co., Batavia, Dutch East Indies & 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands.*[786] Perry, L.M., 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia. Attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States & London, United Kingdom. 620 pp.*[1030] van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. & Ketner, P., 1994. Vegetation changes following human disturbance of mid-montane forest in the Wau area, Papua New Guinea. Journal of Tropical Ecology 10: 41—54. == Main genus page ==*[[Pipturus (PROSEA)|''Pipturus'']]

*J.L.C.H. van Valkenburg