'The worst kind of pain you can imagine' – what it's like to be stung by a stinging tree
- Written by Marina Hurley, Visiting Fellow, Lecturer & Consultant (Writing Clear Science), UNSW
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Stinging trees grow in rainforests throughout Queensland and northern NSW. The most commonly known (and most painful) species is Dendrocnide moroides (Family Urticaceae), first named “gympie bush” by gold miners near the town of Gympie in the 1860s.
Authors: Marina Hurley, Visiting Fellow, Lecturer & Consultant (Writing Clear Science), UNSW