Botanical Name Plant's Common Name Plant Family   

   MH253 : Acalypha indica L.

Plant Category : Herbs

Melghat's Flora's Serial No. : 453

Synonym : Acalypha bailloniana Müll.Arg.; Acalypha canescens Benth., nom. nud.; Acalypha caroliniana Blanco, nom. illeg.; Acalypha chinensis Benth.; Acalypha cupamenii Dragend.; Acalypha decidua Forssk.; Acalypha fimbriata Baill.; Acalypha indica var. bailloniana (Müll.Arg.) Hutch.; Acalypha indica var. minima (H.Keng); S.F.Huang & T.C.Huang; Acalypha minima H.Keng; Acalypha somalensis Pax; Acalypha somalium Müll.Arg.; Acalypha spicata Forssk.; Cupamenis indica (L.) Raf.; Ricinocarpus baillonianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze; Ricinocarpus deciduus (Forssk.) Kuntze; Ricinocarpus indicus (L.) Kuntze;

Plant Common Name : Indian Nettle, Indian Acalypha, Indian Mercury, Indian Copperleaf, Three-seeded Mercury

Plant Family : Euphorbiaceae

Description : Annual herbs, to 60 cm tall; stem striate, pubescent. Leaves 1.2-6.5 x 1-3.8 cm, broadly ovate, base rounded to shortly attenuate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acute or obtuse, basally 5-nerved; petiole 1.5-5.5 cm long. Spikes axillary, 2.5-6.2 cm long, monoecious, rachis ending in a triradiate hood at the tip. Male flowers above, ebracteate, minute, clustered; anthers vermiculiform. Female flowers below subtended by foliaceous, 3-7 mm long, suborbicular-cuneiform, many-nerved, toothed bracts; ovary hispid, 3-lobed; styles 3, each 2-fid. Capsules 3-valved, concealed by bract, hispid.

Plant Location in Melghat : -

Medicinal Use / Activity : Leaves: emetic, ophthalmic, purgative and vermifuge, asthma, pneumonia, malarial fever, dysentery, diabetes

Plant's Phytochemicals : COMPOUNDS: Phytol; dihydroactinidiolide; loliolide; docosanol; 1-triacontanol;

ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (0):

Plant's Current Status : -

Plant's Cross Database Reference : 259142

Reference : Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve - http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Acalypha+indica - https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/32852 - http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Copperleaf.html - https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135100 - http://impactfactor.org/PDF/IJPPR/6/IJPPR,Vol6,Issue4,Article51.pdf

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Kingdom : Plantae - Plants
Phylum : Tracheophyta
Subkingdom : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants
Superdivision : Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Subclass : Rosidae
Order : Euphorbiales
Family : Euphorbiaceae - Spurge family
Genus : Acalypha L. - copperleaf
Species : Acalypha indica L. - Indian acalypha

Acalypha indica L. - Indian acalypha
Acalypha indica L. - Indian acalypha
Acalypha indica L. - Indian acalypha
Acalypha indica L. - Indian acalypha