Acalypha segetalis Müll.Arg.

Very like A. indica, but usually much more branched, with a number of decumbent-ascending stems arising from the base, and seldom exceeding 50 cm in height; inflorescences usually shorter (less than 2.5 cm long) with only 1–3 female bracts per inflorescence; bracts crenate; the few-flowered male portion of the inflorescence pedunculate; male flowers often reddish; allomorphic female flowers usually long-pedicellate but most commonly arising from the base of the inflorescence, muricate and evenly whitish-puberulous.

It is a tropical plant. It grows in floodplains. It southern Africa it grows from sea level to 1,500 m altitude.

The leaves are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. They are used in sauces, and for flavouring. Caution: It should probably only be eaten in small amounts.