Laportea grossa (Wedd.) Chew or Spotted nettle is an African member of the Urticaceae, and one of 31 species in the genus. This species occurs in shady places in coastal and escarpment forests, closed woodland and on streambanks from George through the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal to southern Mozambique. Young leaves of this species are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. Fruits, flowers and leaves of this species are eaten by the Green Twinspot, Grey waxbill and Common waxbill. The genus was named after the French naturalist François Louis de la Porte, comte de Castelnau.