Acalypha fruticosa Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 161 1775. (syn. Ricinocarpus fruticosus (Forssk.) Kuntze); Erect profusely branched shrubs. Leaves 2-5 x 1-3 cm, ovate, base truncate or subcordate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, hairy on both sides, aromatic, glandular below, glands orange; petiole to 3 cm long. Spikes short, axillary, solitary, androgynous, to 2 cm long. Tepals tomentose, with sessile glands outside. Stamens many; anthers sub-globose to oblong. Female flowers below, sessile; bracts reniform, margin dentate; ovary to 0.5 mm across; styles many. Capsules trilobed. Flowering and fruiting: July-August Dry deciduous forests and wastelands Paleotropics . Acalypha fruticosa is a species in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. It occurs widely in East and southern Africa where it is eaten as a vegetable. It is also an important browse plant for sheep. In East Africa and southern Africa it is used as a medicinal plant. In northern Kenya arrow shafts and beehive lids are made from the stem. From the dried leaves a tea is made in Ethiopia.[1] Acalypha fruticosa occurs in East and parts of southern Africa, except humid central Africa. It also occurs in tropical Arabia, southern India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.[2]      Euphorbiaceae for id 210710MK02 – efloraofindia | Google Groups: 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (5) Please id this common shrub of Euphorbiaceae.
Acalypha fruticosa????? I think Acalypha capitata Yes, it is Acalypha fruticosa (Sinni, Siru sinni in Tamil). Thank you very much all, for the identification.
Acalypha fruticosa : Attachments (4). 4 posts by 2 authors. On 31/10/09 at Herbal Garden, on the outskirts of Hyderabad, A.P. I think it’s cultivated for its medicinal properties. Acalypha fruticosa is a medicinal plant Yes, it looks like Acalypha fruticosa.
Goa, May 2014 :: Requesting ID of this potted plant :: 24JUN14 :: ARK-45 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6). Requesting to please ID this potted plant from a cultivated garden in Aguada, Goa in May 2014. Acalypha fruticosa, perhaps. Thanks … for the ID…
Acalypha for ID :: Mumbai :: ARKMAR-02 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (9) Yes, this is Acalypha fruticosa Forssk. .  Euphorbiaceae: Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.: 1 image. location/date: University of Agricultural Sciences campus, Bangalore, July 1997 . ID Humpi 08: 1 image. Is this a cultivated sps? Please post clear images as well as closeups of flowers, fruits, leaves, stem and other aspects. Please check Acalypha californica Benth. Please mention habitat- wild or cultivated and elevation also. This herb is a rheophyte and more of a clustered and decumbent type. No other photos are available. Found growing among granite rocks at an elevation of about 490 metres above sea level…. |
Acalypha fruticosa
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