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Acalypha depressinervia K.Schum.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Acalypha

Characteristics

Perennial, dwarf shrub or herb, 0.10-0.35 m high; stems slender, erect; woody rootstock; simple to branched, striate; copiously patently setulose with white bulbous hairs. Leaves firmly membranous, many, small, shortly petioled, narrowly lanceolate, base rounded, apex acute, margins quite entire. Male spikes axillary, solitary, peduncled; spikes narrowly cylindric; bracts linear-lanceolate, spreading, persistent; buds setulose at apex. Female spikes terminal, solitary; bracts subsessile, large, foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute, base rounded. Female flowers sepals 3, ovate, subacute, pilose; ovary distinctly 3-lobed; styles 3, shortly united below. Seeds subglobose.
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Perennial herb, up to 0.35 m high; densely, patently setulose with white, bulbous-based hairs; dioecious. Stems slender, erect, simple or sparsely virgate; striate. Leaves eglandular; subsessile; blade narrowly ovate, ± 30 x 5 mm, apex acute, base rounded, margins entire, veins obscure. Flowers: male spikes axillary, solitary, cylindric; female spikes, terminal, solitary; bracts subsessile, foliaceous, blade ovate to narrowly ovate, apex acute, base rounded, margins entire to digitately 3-5-toothed; styles united at base, laciniate in upper part, red; Oct.-Mar.
Herb, up to 300 mm tall. Stems annual from woody rootstock. Leaves entire, hirsute, linear-lanceolate, secondary and tertiary nerves inconspicuous. Styles free, red. Flowers red.
Life form
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.35
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Soil texture 7-8
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Distribution

Acalypha depressinervia world distribution map, present in eSwatini and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337329-1
WFO ID wfo-0000919538
COL ID 8RVM
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Ricinocarpus depressinervius Acalypha depressinervia Acalypha oweniae Acalypha schinzii
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