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Acalypha indica L.

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Acalypha indica L.
Acalypha indica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAcalypha bailloniana Müll.Arg.
synonymAcalypha canescens Benth., nom. nud.
synonymAcalypha caroliniana Blanco, nom. illeg.
synonymAcalypha chinensis Benth.
synonymAcalypha ciliata Benth., nom. nud.
synonymAcalypha cupamenii Dragend.
synonymAcalypha decidua Forssk.
synonymAcalypha fimbriata Baill.
synonymAcalypha indica var. bailloniana (Müll.Arg.) Hutch.
synonymAcalypha indica var. minima (H.Keng) S.F.Huang & T.C.Huang
synonymAcalypha minima H.Keng
synonymAcalypha somalensis Pax
synonymAcalypha somalium Müll.Arg.
synonymAcalypha spicata Forssk.
synonymCupamenis indica (L.) Raf.
synonymRicinocarpus baillonianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
synonymRicinocarpus deciduus (Forssk.) Kuntze
synonymRicinocarpus indicus (L.) Kuntze
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Muktojhuri
  • Patra-manjori
English
  • Indian Acalypha
Irula
  • Kuppagida
Kannada
  • Chalmari
Malayalam
  • Kuppamani
  • Kuppameni
Other
  • Indian Acalypha
  • Khokali
  • Kuppaimeni
  • Kuppameynie
  • Kuppu
  • Rudra
Tamil
  • Kuppaimaeni
  • Kuppaimeni
  • Naaikurungu
  • Naai Kurungu
  • Poonamayakki
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Herb
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
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References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Annual herbs, to 60 cm tall; stem striate, pubescent. Leaves 1.2-6.5 x 1-3.8 cm, broadly ovate, base rounded to shortly attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute or obtuse, basally 5-nerved; petiole 1.5-5.5 cm long. Spikes axillary, 2.5-6.2 cm long, monoecious, rachis ending in a triradiate hood at the tip. Male flowers above, ebracteate, minute, clustered; anthers vermiculiform. Female flowers below subtended by foliaceous, 3-7 mm long, suborbicular-cuneiform, many-nerved, toothed bracts; ovary hispid, 3-lobed; styles 3, each 2-fid. Capsules 3-valved, concealed by bract, hispid.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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    References 
      Habit: An errect, spreading herb, upto 50cm.
      Keystone Foundation
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      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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      References 
        Habit: Herb
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: July-December
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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          References 
            Morphology
            Flower

            In axillary spikes, male flowers above middle, female flowers below the middle; greenish. Flowering throughout the year.

            Fruit

            A capsule, bivalved, hardly enlarged; seeds subglobose. Fruiting throughout the year.

            Field tips

            Leaves often greenish with yellow blotches, long petiolate.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Broadly ovate

            Leaf Apex

            Acute

            Leaf Base

            Rounded-attenuate

            Leaf Margin

            Crenate-serrate

            Keystone Foundation
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            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Exposed Localities
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Moist soil
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  Dry deciduous forests and also in the plains
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  References 
                    Common, on wastelands, in moist and shaded places, riverbanks. Plains from the coast to 100m. Tropical Africa eastward to Sri Lanka, India, Burma, Timor, Philippines.
                    Keystone Foundation
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                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      India: Assam, Bihar, Mahrastra, Odisha, Rajasthan

                      Local Distribution

                      Throughout Assam

                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        Global Distribution

                        Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa

                        Indian distribution

                        State - Kerala, District/s: Wayanad, Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur

                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        References 
                          Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Dharwar, Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Alapuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: All districts
                          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          References 
                            Found along the roadsides, waste lands and forest edges from plains to 750m. Common. Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, India to Malesia and Timor.
                            Keystone Foundation
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                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
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                              No Data
                              📚 Occurrence
                              No Data
                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Homoeopathy
                              Homoeopathy
                              Ayurveda
                              Ayurveda
                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              Siddha
                              Siddha
                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Homoeopathy, Folk medicine, Siddha

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=39
                              Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=39
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                              References 
                                Medicinal
                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                  The leaf paste is given as a cure for asthma and brochitis.
                                  Keystone Foundation
                                  Attributions Keystone Foundation
                                  Contributors 
                                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                  References 
                                    Folklore
                                    Indigenous Information: The leaf paste is applied on the body as a cure for skin diseases.
                                    Keystone Foundation
                                    Attributions Keystone Foundation
                                    Contributors 
                                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                                    Licenses CC_BY
                                    References 
                                      No Data
                                      📚 Information Listing
                                      References
                                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=39
                                      1. Acalypha indica L., Sp. Pl. 1003. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 416. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1330(930). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 269. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 354. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 352. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 703. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 405. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 602. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 278. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 280. 2002; Rani & Balakr., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 95. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 125. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 617. 2009.
                                      1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                      Information Listing > References
                                      1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=39
                                      2. Acalypha indica L., Sp. Pl. 1003. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 416. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1330(930). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 269. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 354. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 352. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 703. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 405. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 602. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 278. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 280. 2002; Rani & Balakr., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 95. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 125. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 617. 2009.
                                      3. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987

                                      Indigenous Knowledge on Medicinal Flora Utilized by the Traditional Healers in Mappillaiyurani Village, Tuticorin District, Tamil Nadu, India

                                      Dr. V. Vadivel
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                                      📚 Meta data
                                      No Data
                                      🐾 Taxonomy
                                      RootRoot
                                      KingdomPlantae
                                      PhylumTracheophyta
                                      ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                      OrderMalpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                                      FamilyEuphorbiaceae
                                      GenusAcalypha
                                      SpeciesAcalypha indica L.
                                      📊 Temporal Distribution
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