Urera baccifera is a species of flowering plant in the nettle family known by many common names, including scratchbush,[1] ortiga brava, pringamoza, mala mujer, chichicaste, nigua, guaritoto, ishanga, manman guêpes, and urtiga bronca.

[2] In some areas, this plant is one of the first to bear fruit after the damage of a hurricane, and then it becomes an important food source for birds.

The ants also collect pearl bodies which form on the leaves, stems, and stalks of the plant.

Ants performing this activity include species in genera such as Camponotus, Pheidole, Crematogaster, and Pseudomyrmex.

When ants are present on a plant, they rid it of lepidopteran larvae which would feed upon it, such as Smyrna blomfildia, Urbanus esmeraldus, and Pleuroptya silicalis.