Acalypha racemosa Baill.

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Synonyms:	Acalypha paniculata Miq.
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Description:	Shrubby, branched perennial herb u 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.

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