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Acalypha capitata
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Acalypha capitata Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 525. 1805.
Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 525. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 415. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1330(930). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 269. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 418. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 279. 2002; Rani & Balakr., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 94. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 124. 2007, non Poir. 1804.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets densely hispid. Leaves 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin crenate to serrate. Male flowers in axillary cylindric spike to 8 cm, anthers vermiculiform, sessile; female spike to 1.5 cm, upper axillary, bracts cupular, dentate, enclosing the ovary, ovary ca 2 mm across, tomentose, styles 3, to 7 mm with filiform bases.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karimala, Walayar, Malampuzha
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