Acalypha racemosa
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Acalypha paniculata Miq. |
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Shrubby, branched perennial herb up to 1.5 m tall. Leaves up to 13 cm long, ovate, 5-9-veined from the base, variously hairy on both surfaces; margin crenate-serrate; petiole up to 10 cm. Flowers unisexual on the same plant. Female flowers in a large branched terminal head, up to 25 cm long; male flowers in axillary spikes. Fruit c. 3 mm in diameter, 3-lobed, with stalked glands. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | racemosa: bearing racemes; a rather odd name, since the female inflorescences are so distinctly paniculate. |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From Ivory Coast to Eritrea, South to Angola, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. Also in southern India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. |
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| Literature: |
Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 40. Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 107. Radcliffe-Smith, A. (1996). Euphorbiaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(4) Page 198. Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 84. Troupin, G. (1983). Euphorbiaceae Flore du Rwanda Spermatophytes Volume II Page 198. (Includes a picture). |
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