Mouretia tonkinensis
Encyclopedia
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".
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in the Rubiaceae
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
family. It is endemic to Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
.
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
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
knew it by the less flattering title of "itchygrass".
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mouretia tonkinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.