WorldFloraDB - Acalypha lanceolata

Characteristics

Herb, wiry, up to 60 cm high. Leaves eglandular; lamina ovate, 5–60 mm long, 5–35 mm wide; base cuneate to truncate; margin crenate; tip acute to shortly acuminate; venation ± palminerved with 3 veins from base and 5 or 6 laterals per side of midrib further up lamina. Inflorescences axillary and usually paired, racemose-spicate, bisexual; axis with glandular trichomes. Male flowers: sepals lanceolate, 0.4–0.5 mm long; stamens 8. Female flowers ± sessile: sepals lanceolate, c. 0.5 mm long; styles 0.8–1.2 mm long, green to clear. Fruit depressed-globose, 1.5–2 mm long, 2–2.2 mm diam. Seeds globose to somewhat ovoid, 1.1–1.8 mm long, 0.8–1.1 mm wide.

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Very similar to the preceding (A. crenata) in general habit, but with leaf-bases cuneate, the inflorescences tending to be crowded towards the shoot apices and sometimes also terminal, the ♀ bracts 1.5 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, closely enfolding the ovary and fruit, evenly beset with gland-tipped hairs, the allomorphic ♀ flowers terminal or lateral and scattered amongst the ♂ flowers, having 2 lateral fimbriate whorls, rugulose, puberulous, but not muricate.

An annual herb. It grows 50 cm tall. The young branches have yellow-brown hairs. The leaves are oval and 4-8 cm long by 2-4 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and it tapers to the tip. The flowers are in groups of 1-3 in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a capsule with 3 sections. It is 2.5 mm across.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.0 - 1.5

Mature height (meter)

0.55 - 0.6

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Locally common along roadsides or in abandoned fields, at elevations up to 400 metres. A weed of cultivation, roadsides and house-yards in New Guinea, often in partly-shaded places.

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It is a tropical plant. In southern China it grows near sea level to 100 m above sea level.

Grows in scrubby woodland, vineforest or black soil grassland.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	food medicinal
Edible	leaves shoots
Therapeutic use	Diarrhea (flower), Antifungal agents (leaf), Antiprotozoal agents (leaf), Insecticides (leaf), Ulcer (leaf), Analgesics (leaf), Anti-bacterial agents (leaf), Anti-infective agents, local (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Appetite stimulants (leaf), Arthritis (leaf), Asthma (leaf), Bronchitis (leaf), Burns (leaf), Cardiotonic agents (leaf), Cathartics (leaf), Cough (leaf), Dyspnea (leaf), Ear diseases (leaf), Earache (leaf), Emetics (leaf), Expectorants (leaf), Eye diseases (leaf), Jugular veins (leaf), Laxatives (leaf), Myiasis (leaf), Nasal disease (leaf), Pneumonia (leaf), Pressure ulcer (leaf), Respiratory sounds (Wheezing) (leaf), Respiratory tract infections (leaf), Scabies (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Skin diseases, infectious (leaf), Snake bites (leaf), Stomach ulcer (leaf), Tuberculosis (leaf), Wounds and injuries (leaf), Rheumatoid arthritis (leaf), Bronchitis (root), Cathartics (root), Earache (root), Laxatives (root), Malaria (root), Respiratory tract infections (root), Scorpion stings (root), Skin diseases (root), Snake bites (root), Ulcer (root), Ulcer (seed), Insecticides (stem), Asthma (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Hemoptysis (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Constipation (unspecified), Croup (unspecified), Cyanogenetic (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Ringworm (unspecified), Irritant (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Bronchitis (unspecified), Cathartics (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Diuretics (unspecified), Earache (unspecified), Emaciation (unspecified), Emetics (unspecified), Exanthema (unspecified), Expectorants (unspecified), Fractures, bone (unspecified), Gastrointestinal diseases (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Hemorrhage (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Myiasis (unspecified), Pneumonia (unspecified), Pressure ulcer (unspecified), Scabies (unspecified), Skin diseases (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Tuberculosis, pulmonary (unspecified), Anthelmintics (whole plant), Antirheumatic agents (whole plant), Arthritis (whole plant), Asthma (whole plant), Bronchitis (whole plant), Cathartics (whole plant), Common cold (whole plant), Constipation (whole plant), Contraceptive agents (whole plant), Cough (whole plant), Digestive system diseases (whole plant), Diuretics (whole plant), Earache (whole plant), Emetics (whole plant), Expectorants (whole plant), Flatulence (whole plant), Gastrointestinal diseases (whole plant), Laxatives (whole plant), Pneumonia (whole plant), Toothache (whole plant), Tuberculosis, pulmonary (whole plant)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337529-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000959997
COL ID	8S48
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	707105
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Acalypha virginica Ricinocarpus lanceolatus Acalypha flexuosa Acalypha lanceolata Acalypha corchorifolia Acalypha hispida Acalypha indica Urtica pilosa Acalypha hispida var. pubescens

Lower taxons

Acalypha lanceolata var. glandulosa Acalypha lanceolata var. lanceolata

WorldFloraDB 2024

Acalypha lanceolata Willd.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Acalypha