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Acalypha amentacea ssp. wilkesiana
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Acalypha amentacea Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3: 676. 1832, ssp. wilkesiana (Muell.-Arg.) Fosb., Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 45: 10. 1980; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 127. 2007.
Acalypha wilkesiana Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 817. 1866; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1331(931). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 268. 1982; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 603. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 653. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Beefsteak Plant, Fire Dragon Acalypha
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Description:
Monoecious, compact shrub; branchlets tomentose, puberulous later. Leaves alternate, elliptic to ovate, to 25 x 12 cm, base cuneate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acuminate, glabrous except on veins, 5-nerved from base, bronzy-green-mottled with shades of red and purple; petiole to 12 cm; stipules lanceolate, to1.5 cm. Staminate spikes axillary, to 13 cm, pendulous, reddish, many-flowered. Flowers in the axils of minute bracts. Perianth 4-lobed, axillary. Stamens 8-16. Pistillate spikes erect, to 9 cm, reddish, to 12-flowered. Flowers in the axils of foliaceous, 3-angular, 9-13-parted reddish bracts. Perianth 3-5-parted; lobes ovate-lanceolate, acuminate. Ovary 3-lobed, pubescent without, 3-celled, with 1 ovule per cell, on axile placentae; styles 3, united basally, fringed apically.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Native of Polynesia, widely cultivated as an ornamental
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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