Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg.
Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg.
Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg.
Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg.
MH254 : Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg.
| Plant Category | : | Herbs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 454 |
| Synonym | : | Ricinocarpus malabaricus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; |
| Plant Common Name | : | Malabar Copper leaf |
| Plant Family | : | Euphorbiaceae |
| Description | : | Annual herbs. Levaes alternate, 3-5 x 2.5-3.5 cm, ovate, acute, margins toothed, hispd on both sides; basally 3-nerved; petioles often longer than the lamina. All spikes axillary and sessile, short, up to 3 cm long, androgynous, finely pubescent. Male flowers ca 0.5 mm across, very few, clustered near the apex of spikes. Female flowers 2-2.5 mm across, 6-8 along the basal portion of the spike; bracts alternate, foliaceous, subcampanulate, funnel-shaped, folded, ca 5 mm across, shallowly toothed, bordered with long gland-tipped hairs along peripheral portion and margin, pilose, hairy or nearly glabrous, roughly coriaceous, gland-dotted, many-nerved. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | - |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0): |
| Plant's Current Status | : | - |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/245850
- https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Malabar%20Copperleaf.html |
| Reference | : | ~ Seebaluck R, Gurib-Fakim A and Mahomoodally F; "Medicinal plants the genus Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) - A review of their ethnopharmacology and phytochemistry"; J Ethnopharmacol (2015); 159: 137-57 PMID : 25446604 ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Equisetopsida |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Malpighiales |
| Family | : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family |
| Genus | : Acalypha |
| Species | : Acalypha malabarica Müll.Arg. |