''Obetia'' is a genus of
dioecious plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
s in the family
Urticaceae
The Urticaceae are a family, the nettle family, of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus ''Urtica''. The Urticaceae include a number of well-known and useful plants, including nettles in the genus ''Urtica'', ramie (''Boehmeri ...
, with stinging hairs. The genus contains the following species:
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Obetia carruthersiana''
(Hiern) Rendle
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Obetia ficifolia''
Gaudich.
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Obetia madagascariensis''
(Juss. ''ex'' Poir.) Wedd.
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Obetia radula''
(Baker) Baker ''ex'' B.D. Jacks. stinging-nettle tree
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Obetia tenax''
Friis
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Urticaceae
Urticaceae genera
Dioecious plants
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