Herbarium JCB

Acalypha lanceolata Willd.

Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : EUPHORBIACEAE
Synonym(s) : Acalypha fallax Muell.-Arg.
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Acalypha lanceolata Willd.
Habit : Herb
Habitat : Scrub Forests
Key identification features : Milky latex
Flower, Fruit : April-November
Collector(s) Name : Raja K.Swamy
Collection Date : 05-11-2014; 10-10-2013
Collection Nos : HJCB-E-184; FAP 42016
Collection Locality : Aluru kona, Anantapur district; Batrepalli, Anantapur district
Distribution :
- Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, Kurnool district, Anantapur district, West Godavari district, Nellore district, East Godavari district, Kadapa district, Srikakulam district
- Telangana : Adilabad district, Nizamabad district
- Karnataka : Dharwad district, Uttara Kannada district, Bengaluru district, Belagavi district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Dakshina Kannada district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Udupi district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Kozhikode district, Alappuzha district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Odisha : Ganjam district, Puri district
- Tamil Nadu : Tiruchirapalli district, Dharmapuri district
Native : India, Sri Lanka
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Java, Sumtra, Malaysia, Polynesia
Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District, Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sharma B.D, 1984 - Flora of Karnataka Analysis; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha, 1996; Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acalypha lanceolata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.