Euphorbiaceae FAMILY
Acalypha brachiata
Acalypha brachiata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
3/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Acalypha brachiata is an erect perennial plant producing more or less woody stems up to 2 metres tall from a woody rootstock[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. The plant is often harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Ethiopia, south to Namibia, Botswana and S. Africa.
HabitatWoodland and grassland, and also in coastal and lakeshore grassland, sometimes in riverine and submontane forest, at elevations from sea-level to 2,200 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].