About Indian Acalypha
Acalypha indica (English: Indian acalypha, Indian mercury, Indian copperleaf, Indian nettle, three-seeded mercury) is an herbaceous annual that has catkin-like inflorescences with cup-shaped involucres surrounding the minute flowers. It is mainly known for its root being attractive to domestic cats, and for its various medicinal uses. It occurs throughout the Tropics.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acalypha indica
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Family
- EUPHORBIACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests also in the plains
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Timor, Philippines
- Flowering & fruiting
- July-December
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- कुप्पी Kuppi, कुप्पीखोखली kuppikhokhali, खोकली
- Bengali
- মুক্তঝুরি mukta jhuri, শ্বেত বসন্ত sbeta basanta, মুক্তাঝুরি
- Tamil
- கொழிப்பூண்டு koli-p-puntu, குப்பைமேனி kuppai-meni, குப்பைமேனி
- Telugu
- హరితమంజరి harita-manjari, కుప్పి kuppi, మురిపిండి
- Kannada
- ಕುಪ್ಪಿ Kuppi, ಕುಪ್ಪಿಗಿಡ Kuppi gida, ಕುಪ್ಪಿಗಿಡ
- Malayalam
- കുപ്പമേനി kuppameni, കുപ്പമേനി, Acalypha indica
- Marathi
- कुपी kupi
Botanical family
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Indian Acalypha belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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