16. Laportea interrupta (Linnaeus, 1753: 985) Chew (1965: 200–201)

Habit: annual herb (1–2 m).

Distribution: Guinea-Bissau, Congo, East and South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan, throughout South-East Asia to Australia (Queensland) and the Pacific Islands.

Collections: Timor: without precise locality, Korthals s.n., without date (L0788948), Spanoghe s.n., anno 1831 (L0788949); Timor Barat: Coepang [Kupang], R. Brown s.n., Apr 1803 (BM000897148).