Kuppaimeni / Panicled Acalypha
Acalypha paniculata
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering
- May-December
How to identify Kuppaimeni
Identify Kuppaimeni 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: May-December.
- In India, compare location records such as Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Kuppaimeni.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acalypha paniculata
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests and deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Sri Lanka, India, Tropical Africa, Java
- Found in India
- Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala
- Flowering & fruiting
- May-December
- 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 Kuppaimeni 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 Kuppaimeni itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Tamil
- குப்பைமேனி Kuppaimeni, கொழிப்பூண்டு
- Malayalam
- Valia-kuppameni, വലിയ കുപ്പമേനി
About Kuppaimeni
Panicled Acalypha (Acalypha paniculata) is a herb in the Euphorbiaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests and deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from May to December.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Kuppaimeni belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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