Mouretia tonkinensis

Mouretia tonkinensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
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]

Source

• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Mouretia tonkinensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.

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

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