Short-Spike Copperleaf
Acalypha brachystachya
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Meghalaya & more
- Flowering
- October-February
How to identify Short-Spike Copperleaf
Identify Short-Spike Copperleaf by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: October-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Short-Spike Copperleaf.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acalypha brachystachya
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Semi-evergreen forest and margins of shola forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Tropical Africa, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asia, China, Malaysia, Java
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Assam, Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- October-February
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- Toothed (serrate/dentate edge)recorded
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Short-Spike Copperleaf itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- GreenrecordedGreen or greenish
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Capsule
Characters marked “recorded” are for Short-Spike Copperleaf itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Short-Spike Copperleaf
Short-Spike Copperleaf (Acalypha brachystachya) is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Assam, Meghalaya and 5 other states. It grows in semi-evergreen forest and margins of shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from October to February.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Short-Spike Copperleaf belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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