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Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Acalypha grandis

Acalypha grandis

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitShrub
Growth—

Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Acalypha+grandis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flora Vitiensis Nova — Smith. A.C. · Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii · 1979 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  2. [2]Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea — World Health Organisation · 2009 · ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 ↩︎Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants.
  3. [3]Revision and phylogeny of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia — Sagun V.G., Levin G.A. & van Welzen P.C. · 2010 · http://10.3767/000651910X499141 ↩︎
  4. [4]Plant Resources of Southeast Asia — http://proseanet.org/ ↩︎Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia.