Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 525 1805. (syn: Acalypha alnifolia Wall. [Invalid]; Acalypha capitata Willd.; Acalypha capitata var. ambigua Müll.Arg.; Ricinocarpus alnifolius (Klein ex Willd.) Kuntze; Ricinocarpus capitatus (Willd.) Kuntze); Common name: Alder Leaved Cat Tail • Telugu: Chiru kuppinta, Mirapa kuppinta Shrubs, branchlets densely hispid. Leaves 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin crenate to serrate. Male flowers in axillary cylindric spike to 8 cm, anthers vermiculiform, sessile; female spike to 1.5 cm, upper axillary, bracts cupular, dentate, enclosing the ovary, ovary ca 2 mm across, tomentose, styles 3, to 7 mm with filiform bases. Flowering and fruiting: October-March Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains Peninsular India (Endemic)
Identification of Plant from Euphorbiaceae : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3) Pl. help me to identify the specimen attached. It is small herb of about half-foot, spreading side-wards. Leaves broadly ovate with blunt tip, mid-rib prominent, margin crenate, stellate hairs present all over the plant Recorded at Vellore on 12-10-14 It looks like Acalypha capitata. This resembles Acalypha alnifolia, an endemic species, called Sirukurunjan in Tamil. 0.
Shrub for Id 260909jm1 : Attachments (3). 7 posts by 4 authors. On 13/9/09 in a rocky area in Keesaragutta in Rangareddy distt. of A.P. Look like some Acalypha species?!! this is Acalypha alnifolia. Thanks, … Here are a few links of Acalypha capitata Willd. syn. Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex Willd.: (An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew) (specimen) http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Family/Euphorbiaceae.htm (forest Flora of A.P.)
Herb for ID : 19102013 : RV 3 : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors. Please help to identify this small herb found in Hampi area of Karnataka……. picture taken last week. (19.10.13) Acalypha alnifolia.
References: An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys) Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Wikimedia Commons Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah (2006- Description) Forest Flora Catalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Acalypha capitata var. ambigua Müll.Arg. – a synonym for Acalypha capitata Willd. BGBM – Herbarium |
Acalypha alnifolia
Updated on December 24, 2024