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Acalypha lanceolata
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Acalypha lanceolata Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 524. 1805; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1331(931). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 269. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 406. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 405. 1994; Rani & Balakr., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 96. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 126. 2007; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 618. 2009.
Acalypha fallax Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 43. 1865; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 416. 1887.
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Description:
Annual herbs. Leaves alternate, 3-5 cm long, broadly ovate, nearly triangular, rather coarsely toothed; petiole to 4 cm long. Spikes axillary, erect, sessile or peduncled and androgynous, 1.5-8 cm long, nearly glabrous or finely pubescent. Three-fourth of the spikes is occupied by female bracts and the male flowers are clustered only at the one-fourth upper portion. Bracts number about 18-20, campanulate to subcampanulate or cup- shaped, folded, 3-4 mm across, crenate-dentate, shallowly dentate or conspicuously 9 to 12-toothed with acute teeth along margins, pubescent, strongly parallel-veined, and gland-dotted.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wastelands
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Distribution:
India to Polynesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Cannanore, Alappuzha beach
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