Copperleaf
Acalypha wilkesiana
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh & more
How to identify Copperleaf
Identify 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 shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Brightly colored ornamental copper-red foliage.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed (serrate/dentate edge).
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- Confirm flower colour: Green.
- In India, compare location records such as Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Euphorbiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Copperleaf.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Acalypha wilkesiana
- Genus
- Acalypha
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Grown as ornamental plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Polynesia
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of world
- Found in India
- Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Delhi, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Haryana, Manipur
- 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 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 Copperleaf itself; the rest are typical of the Euphorbiaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Telugu
- ఎకలైఫా విల్కెసియానా
- Malayalam
- താ മ്രപത്രി, Acalypha wilkesiana, കോപ്പർ ലീഫ്
About Copperleaf
Copperleaf (Acalypha wilkesiana) belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, where it grows as a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and 22 other states. It is grown as ornamental plant.
Euphorbiaceae
Spurge/Euphorbia family
Copperleaf belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family.
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