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Acalypha paniculata
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Acalypha paniculata Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 406. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 415. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1330(930). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 243. 1988; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 590. 2002; Rani & Balakr., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 31: 96. 2007; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 126. 2007.
Acalypha racemosa Wall. ex Baill., Etud. Gen. Euphorb.443. 1858, nom. nud.; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 270. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 353. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 355. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 331. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 407. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 703. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 418. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 391. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 279. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 602. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 363. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 278. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 280. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 434. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 619. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Valia-kuppameni
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect herbs to 1 m tall; branchlets minutely pubescent. Leaves simple,alternate, 4-8 x 2-5 cm, broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base rounded or subcordate, margin crenate-serrate, sparsely hispid, membranous, basally 3-(5) nerved; petiole to 7 cm long. Flowers monoecious. Male flowers in slender axillary spikes, 6-10 cm long, flowers very minute; tepals 4; stamens 8 on a convex receptacle, anthers linear. Female flowers in terminal panicles; bracts minute,ovate; tepals 3-6; ovary 3-lobed, 3-locular; ovule 1-per locule; styles filiform in 3 groups of 3 each. Capsules 1.5-2 mm across, with 3 cocci; seeds globose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa
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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:
300-1200
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Vazhachal, Rosemala, Kallar, Ichampetty, Mlappara, Thekkady, Vellimala, Vengoli, Dhoni R. F., Nilikkal, Puthukulam, Arampa, Kannoth, Chindaki forest, Mukkali forests, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Walayar, Konnakadu, Venmony, Nellikuth, Karuvar
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