Acalypha matsudae Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Acalypha

Characteristics

Shrubs, ca. 3 m tall. Branches purplish, glabrescent. Stipules lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, pilose; petiole 1-2 cm, pilose; leaf blade oblong-ovate or narrowly elliptic, 5-8 × 2-4 cm, lightly papyraceous, adaxially glabrescent, abaxially pilose along veins, base broadly cuneate or obtuse, margin serrulate, apex acuminate; basal veins 3. Spike axillary, bisexual, 3-5 cm; peduncle ca. 1.5 cm; base with 1 female flower, otherwise flowers male; female bracts suborbicular, fruiting accrescent, ca. 6 × 10 mm, ca. 10-denticulate, glabrous; male bracts ovate, ca. 0.2 mm. Male flowers 5 or 6, fascicled; pedicel ca. 0.5 mm; sepals 4, subovate, ca. 0.5 mm; stamens 8. Female flower subsessile; sepals 3, subtriangular, ca. 1 mm; ovary hairy; styles 3, laciniate. Capsule 3-locular, ca. 2.5 mm in diam., pilose. Seeds ovoid, ca. 2.5 mm, smooth. Fl. Jul-Aug.
Life form annual
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0
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Distribution

Acalypha matsudae world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337595-1
WFO ID wfo-0000969875
COL ID 8S6K
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Synonyms

Acalypha matsudae