Gesnouinia arborea, (ortigon de los montes), is a shrub or small tree.

Leaves entire, acuminate, 3-nerved, pubescent, stipules absent.

Female flowers with included ovary and short styles.

[1] In Tenerife found in laurel forest zone of Sierra Anaga, Las Mercedes, Vueltas de Taganana, 600–800 m, Icod el Alto and Barranco del Agua near Los Silos, rare.

In La Palma found in Laurel woods at Los Tiles, Cubo de la Galga, Cumbre Nueva and Barlovento.