Acalypha alnifolia

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Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 525 1805. (syn: Acalypha alnifolia Wall. [Invalid]; Acalypha capitata Willd.; Acalypha capitata var. ambigua Müll.Arg.; Ricinocarpus alnifolius (Klein ex Willd.) Kuntze; Ricinocarpus capitatus (Willd.) Kuntze);

Common name: Alder Leaved Cat Tail • Telugu: Chiru kuppinta, Mirapa kuppinta

Shrubs, branchlets densely hispid. Leaves 2-2.5 x 1.5-2 cm, ovate, apex acute, base cuneate, margin crenate to serrate. Male flowers in axillary cylindric spike to 8 cm, anthers vermiculiform, sessile; female spike to 1.5 cm, upper axillary, bracts cupular, dentate, enclosing the ovary, ovary ca 2 mm across, tomentose, styles 3, to 7 mm with filiform bases.

Flowering and fruiting: October-March

Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains

Peninsular India (Endemic)

(From India Biodiversity Portal

Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

Images by S kasim, Identified by Tapas Chakrabarty (Inserted by Bhagyashri Ranade)

Identification of Plant from Euphorbiaceae : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Pl. help me to identify the specimen attached.

It is small herb of about half-foot, spreading side-wards.

Leaves broadly ovate with blunt tip, mid-rib prominent, margin crenate, stellate hairs present all over the plant

Recorded at Vellore on 12-10-14

It looks like Acalypha capitata.

This resembles Acalypha alnifolia, an endemic species, called Sirukurunjan in Tamil.

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Shrub for Id 260909jm1 : Attachments (3). 7 posts by 4 authors.

On 13/9/09 in a rocky area in Keesaragutta in Rangareddy distt. of A.P.

Look like some Acalypha species?!!

this is Acalypha alnifolia.

Thanks, ...

Here are a few links of Acalypha capitata Willd. syn. Acalypha alnifolia Klein ex Willd.:
(An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew)

http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=41437&idThumb=246976&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0

http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=41442&idThumb=246973&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0

http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/view_large.cfm?SpecimenPK=41441&idThumb=246974&SpecimenSequenz=1&loan=0

(specimen)

http://www.catalogueoflife.org/show_species_details.php?record_id=4871857 (KEW)

http://forest.ap.nic.in/Forest%20Flora%20of%20Andhra%20Pradesh/Family/Euphorbiaceae.htm (forest Flora of A.P.)

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Herb for ID : 19102013 : RV 3 : Attachments (5). 3 posts by 2 authors.

Please help to identify this small herb found in Hampi area of Karnataka....... picture taken last week. (19.10.13)

Acalypha alnifolia.

References:

The Plant List Ver.1.1 WCSP IPNI India Biodiversity Portal Hortipedia

An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys)

Flowers of India India Biodiversity Portal Wikimedia Commons Encyclopaedia of World Medicinal Plants, Volume 1 By T. Pullaiah (2006- Description)

Forest Flora Catalogue of Life : 2009 Annual Checklist : Acalypha capitata var. ambigua Müll.Arg. - a synonym for Acalypha capitata Willd. BGBM - Herbarium

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