The Stinging Tree can inflict an extremely painful wound which may last or reoccur up to several weeks or months.It is always fund in sunlit areas such as beside tracks and river systems. They appear to favour locations where trees have recently fallen opening the area to new sunlight patches, The large heart shaped leaves are a dead giveaway, (See above) which are dull green in colour due to the presence of numerous fine hairs. Contact with the leaves or even the trunk of the tree will inflict a severe sting. The fine hairs attached to the . . .