Mouretia tonkinensis

Mouretia tonkinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Mouretia
Species: M. tonkinensis
Binomial name
Mouretia tonkinensis
Pitard

Mouretia tonkinensis is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae family. It is endemic to Vietnam.

Green in color and slippery to the touch, it was nicknamed les feuilles verts by French settlers to Indo-China. American soldiers serving in the Vietnam War knew it by the less flattering title of "itchygrass".[1]

Sources

  1. http://www.invasive.org/species/subject.cfm?sub=4568


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