Pipturus argenteus

Pipturus argenteus, known as false stinger, native mulberry, white mulberry, white nettle, amahatyan (Chamorro), and ghasooso (Carolinian), is a small tree native to tropical Asia, northern and eastern Australia and the Pacific.^[1][2][3]

Pipturus argenteus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Urticaceae
Genus:	Pipturus
Species:	P. argenteus
Binomial name
Pipturus argenteus Wedd.

Unlike many members of its family, this species does not sting.^[4] It has been used traditionally for medicine and for making rope.^[2][5]