Acalypha amentacea

Botanical Description

Acalypha amentacea is an evergreen shrub, sometimes becoming more tree-like, usually growing around 2 - 5 metres tall[ 339 Title Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Publication Author W.C. Clarke and R.R. Thaman (Editors) Website http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E00.htm#Contents Publisher United Nations University Press, Tokyo Year 1993 ISBN 92-808-0824-9 Description The guide includes information on 100 species of plants for Agroforestry. It is also available on the web at the address given above. , 1913 Title Revision and phylogeny of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) in Malesia Publication Blumea 55, 2010: 21-60 Author Sagun V.G., Levin G.A. & van Welzen P.C. Website http://10.3767/000651910X499141 Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as a hedge and oramental, valued for its attractive, rather curved and coarsely crisped, dark or bright red, red-green, or green leaves, which are often mottled or variegated with various shades of red, dark pink, white, or bronzy green[ 339 Title Agroforestry in the Pacific Islands: Systems for Sustainability Publication Author W.C. Clarke and R.R. Thaman (Editors) Website http://www.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80824e/80824E00.htm#Contents Publisher United Nations University Press, Tokyo Year 1993 ISBN 92-808-0824-9 Description The guide includes information on 100 species of plants for Agroforestry. It is also available on the web at the address given above. ]