Kuppigida / Fringed Acalypha
Acalypha ciliata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Kuppigida
Identify Kuppigida 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: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kuppigida.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acalypha ciliata
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Deciduous forests and in the plains
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Tropical Africa, Arabia, Himalayas, Sri Lanka
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- 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 Kuppigida 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 Kuppigida itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- నూగు కుప్పింట nugu kuppinta, తెల్ల మురిపిండ tella muripinda
- Kannada
- ಕುಪ್ಪಿಗಿಡ kuppigida, ತುಪ್ಪ ಕೀರೆ thuppa keere
- Malayalam
- കുപ്പമേനി kuppameni
- Marathi
- कुपी kupi, लहान खोखली lahan khokhali
About Kuppigida
Fringed Acalypha (Acalypha ciliata) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and 6 other states. It grows in deciduous forests and in the plains. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Kuppigida belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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