- Family:
- Euphorbiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Acalypha L.
Acalypha petiolaris Hochst.

[FTEA]
Euphorbiaceae, A. R.-Smith. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1987
- Morphology General Habit
- A perennial herb or subshrub up to 1(–2) m. tall, with a few erect, ascending or decumbent stems arising from a woody rootstock.
- Morphology Stem
- Stems at the same time both crisped-puberulous and sparingly to densely patent-hirsute.
- Morphology Leaves
- Petioles (0.3–)1–3(–5) cm. long, hairy like the stems, usually with a pair of filiform glands 1 mm. long at the junction with the blade; leaf-blade sometimes ovate, more often ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate or even linear-lanceolate, (2–)5–12.5(–14) cm. long, (0.5–)1–4 cm. wide, attenuate or subacutely to obtusely acuminate, usually cordate, sometimes rounded or truncate, serrate or crenate-serrate, often rather coarsely so, firmly membranous, (5–)7(–9)-nerved at the base, lateral nerves 5–8 pairs, sparingly to evenly, rarely densely, pubescent or hirsute above and beneath, more particularly on the midrib and main veins.
- Morphology Leaves Stipules
- Stipules subulate-filiform, 1.5–4(–6) mm. long, with a few subsessile glands on the margin, sparingly pilose.
- sex Male
- Male flowers:pedicels ± 1 mm. long; buds 4-lobate, subglobose, sparingly pubescent. Male racemes solitary, axillary, up to 11 cm. long, densely flowered, pedunculate or not, sometimes the peduncle up to half the length of the inflorescence; axis crisped-puberulous; bracts linear, 1.5 mm. long, acute, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Female inflorescences spicate, usually solitary, terminal, capitate, subcylindric or cylindric, up to 3 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide when mature, subsessile or shortly pedunculate; bracts transversely ovate to suborbicular, accrescent, 5 mm. long and 1 cm. wide when fully developed, dentate, sparingly pubescent and fairly densely beset with stipitate glands without, and within on the teeth, 1-flowered. Male racemes solitary, axillary, up to 11 cm. long, densely flowered, pedunculate or not, sometimes the peduncle up to half the length of the inflorescence; axis crisped-puberulous; bracts linear, 1.5 mm. long, acute, pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Female flowers sessile; sepals 3(–4), ovate-lanceolate, 1 mm. long, acute, ciliate, pubescent without, glabrous within; ovary trilobate-subglobose, 0.8 mm. diameter, pubescent in the upper half; styles free, up to 1.6 cm. long, pectinate, red. Male flowers:pedicels ± 1 mm. long; buds 4-lobate, subglobose, sparingly pubescent.
- sex Female
- Female flowers sessile; sepals 3(–4), ovate-lanceolate, 1 mm. long, acute, ciliate, pubescent without, glabrous within; ovary trilobate-subglobose, 0.8 mm. diameter, pubescent in the upper half; styles free, up to 1.6 cm. long, pectinate, red. Female inflorescences spicate, usually solitary, terminal, capitate, subcylindric or cylindric, up to 3 cm. long and 1.5 cm. wide when mature, subsessile or shortly pedunculate; bracts transversely ovate to suborbicular, accrescent, 5 mm. long and 1 cm. wide when fully developed, dentate, sparingly pubescent and fairly densely beset with stipitate glands without, and within on the teeth, 1-flowered.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits trilobate, 4 mm. long, 5 mm. diameter, sparingly pubescent and with a few scattered glandular hairs at the apex, glabrous below.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds ovoid-subglobose, 2.5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, smooth, dark grey, with a depressed-hemispherical caruncle ± 1 mm. across.
- Habitat
- Wooded and open grassland, extending marginally into woodland and forest edges, persisting in cultivated ground; 50–2000 m.
- Distribution
- K3 K4 K5 K6 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 U1 U2 from Senegal eastwards to Ethiopia and south to Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (Transvaal) and Swaziland
[FWTA]
Euphorbiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- A hairy herb, 2–3 ft. or more high, woody at the base
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Red-purple female flowers.
- sex Female
- Red-purple female flowers.
[FWTA]
Euphorbiaceae, Hutchinson and Dalziel. Flora of West Tropical Africa 1:2. 1958
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial herb; stems to 16 in. high.
Native to:
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Acalypha brachiata E.Mey. ex Krauss
- Acalypha chariensis Beille
- Acalypha haplostyla Pax
- Acalypha hirsuta Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Acalypha languida E.Mey.
- Acalypha rehmannii Pax
- Acalypha senegalensis Pax & K.Hoffm.
- Acalypha senensis Klotzsch
- Acalypha sidifolia A.Rich.
- Acalypha tenuis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha villicaulis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Acalypha villicaulis Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha zambesica Müll.Arg.
- Ricinocarpus languidus Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus petiolaris (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus senensis (Klotzsch) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus sidifolius (A.Rich.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus tenuis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus villicaulis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus zambesicus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze
- English
- Hairy stemmed acalypha
Acalypha petiolaris Hochst. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Drège, C. [s.n.], South Africa | K000431109 | Yes | |||
Krauss [367], South Africa | K000431110 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Drège, C. [s.n.], South Africa | K000431111 | Yes | |||
Krauss [319], South Africa | K000431112 | Yes | |||
Jan 1, 1949 | Semsei, S.R. [FH2480], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452708 | No | |
Dawkins, H.C. [453], Uganda | Acalypha villicaulis | 4326.000 | No | ||
Schimper [781], Ethiopia | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431035 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Schimper [781], Ethiopia | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431034 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Quartin-Dillon [90], Ethiopia | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431031 | Yes | ||
Kirk, J. [s.n.], Mozambique | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431090 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Harris, T. [31], Mozambique | Acalypha villicaulis | K000545033 | No | ||
Richards, M. [28627], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452726 | No | ||
Richards, M. [29011], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452727 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [5379], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452673 | No | ||
Smith, F.G.S. [1148], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452703 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [5189], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452674 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [1118], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452682 | No | ||
Richards, H.M. [24795], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452686 | No | ||
Polhill, R.M. [2360], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452687 | No | ||
Haarer, A.E. [531], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452689 | No | ||
Magogo [356], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452693 | No | ||
Newbould, J.B. [2418], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452719 | No | ||
Newbould, J.B. [4215], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452721 | No | ||
Koritschoner, H. [842], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452700 | No | ||
Thomas, L. [3], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452705 | No | ||
Harley, R.M. [9272], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452722 | No | ||
Richards, H.M. [11747], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452723 | No | ||
Ruffo, C.K. [3216], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452748 | No | ||
Milne-Redhead, E. [7744], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452749 | No | ||
Burtt, B.D. [1044], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452731 | No | ||
Greenway, P.J. [15340], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452732 | No | ||
Mwasumbi, L.B. [DSM505], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452733 | No | ||
Bruce, E.M. [311], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452735 | No | ||
Lovett, J. [3785], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452736 | No | ||
Lovett, J. [3289A], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452737 | No | ||
Greenway, P.J. [14289], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452741 | No | ||
Luke, W.R.Q. [5587], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452743 | No | ||
Thulin, M. [922], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452740 | No | ||
Burtt, B.D. [1707], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452688 | No | ||
Milne-Redhead, E. [7078], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452697 | No | ||
Bullock, A.A. [2288], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452706 | No | ||
Gereau, R.E. [3057], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452744 | No | ||
Pirozynski, K.A. [P29], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452725 | No | ||
Richards, H.M. [26149], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452716 | No | ||
Lovett, J. [3580], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452738 | No | ||
Mbago, F. [1048], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452701 | No | ||
Schimper [737], Ethiopia | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431032 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Gillman, H. [484], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452684 | No | ||
Chevalier, A. [5495], Central African Republic | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431044 | Yes | ||
Schimper [737], Ethiopia | Acalypha villicaulis | K000431033 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Tanner, R.E.S. [4849], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452676 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [4512], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452678 | No | ||
Kisena [1384], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452711 | No | ||
Archbold, M.E. [3104], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452691 | No | ||
Clutton-Brock, T.H. [482], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452713 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [5261], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452675 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [4182], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452679 | No | ||
Hasegawa, T.O.M. [57], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452712 | No | ||
Richards, H.M. [11153], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452720 | No | ||
Llyod, H.M. [24], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452710 | No | ||
Sanane, M. [203], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452714 | No | ||
Faulkner [1395], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452698 | No | ||
Lovett, J. [1066], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452685 | No | ||
Lovett, J. [3941], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452746 | No | ||
Thomas, L. [94], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452707 | No | ||
Pirozynski, K.A. [P654], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452715 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [1155], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452681 | No | ||
Milne-Redhead, E. [7496], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452750 | No | ||
Koritschoner, H. [1880A], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452683 | No | ||
Bidgood, S.C. [1815], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452747 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [1499], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452680 | No | ||
Bally, P.R.O. [5804], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452699 | No | ||
Faulkner [4679], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452694 | No | ||
Hornby [2054], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452730 | No | ||
Newbould, J.B. [2417], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452718 | No | ||
Archbold, M.E. [2827], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452692 | No | ||
Bjornstad, A. [AB1216], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452739 | No | ||
Mwasumbi, L.B. [16577], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452745 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [3088], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452695 | No | ||
Richards, M. [28695], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452728 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [4648], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452677 | No | ||
Boaler, S.B. [482], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452724 | No | ||
Mahinde, S. [HCM56], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452702 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [5613B], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452672 | No | ||
Newbould, J.B. [2383], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452717 | No | ||
Richards, M. [18672], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452742 | No | ||
Iversen, S.T. [87128], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452690 | No | ||
Tanner, R.E.S. [2758], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452696 | No | ||
Polhill, R.M. [1116], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452729 | No | ||
Haerdi, F. [412O], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452734 | No | ||
Welch, J.R. [55], Tanzania | Acalypha villicaulis | K000452704 | No |
First published in Flora 28: 83 (1845)
Accepted by
- (2009). African flowering plants database, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Genève and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria version 3.1 http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/.
Not accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Acalypha brachiata.]
- Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Acalypha brachiata.]
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