Acalypha indica L.

 
  • Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
    (Spurge Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Acalypha canescens Benth.; Acalypha caroliniana Blanco; Acalypha chinensis Benth.; Acalypha ciliata Benth.; Acalypha cupamenii Dragend.; Acalypha decidua Forssk.; Acalypha fimbriata Baill.; Acalypha somalensis Pax; Acalypha somalium Müll.Arg.; Acalypha spicata Forssk.; Cupamenis indica (L.) Raf.; Ricinocarpus deciduus (Forssk.) Kuntze; Ricinocarpus indicus (L.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Acalypha indica L.
  • Common name : Indian Acalypha
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kuppaimeni (Tamil)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
  • Comments / notes : Often in plains of moist places, river banks and in shade.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-December
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Bengaluru district, Ballari district, Vijayapura (Bijapur) district, Chikkamagaluru district, Chitradurga district, Davanagare district, Dharwad district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district, Uttara Kannada district, Udupi district
    • Kerala : Wayanad district, Kozhikode district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kottayam district, Alappuzha district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Madhya Pradesh : Hoshangabad district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
    • Lakshadweep : Amini Islands, Kavaratti Islands, Minicoy Islands
  • Native : India
  • World Distribution : India, Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Timor, Philippines
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka, Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Saldanha, 1996
    • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
    • Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
    • Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore
    • Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
    • Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District
    • Manjunath et al., 2003 – Davanagere
    • C., Sudhakar Reddy & Roy, Parth. (2011). Plant Diversity of Lakshadweep Islands.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Acalypha indica. Downloaded on 14 December 2024.

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