Euphorbiaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Acalypha glabrata

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Acalypha glabrata is a much-stemmed, much-branched, spreading shrub or small tree growing up to 5 metres tall[ 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of materials. Acalypha glabrata has a very wide distribution, large population, is not currently experiencing any major threats and no significant future threats have been identified. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2019)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeSouthern Africa - southern Angola to Mozambique, south to South Africa

HabitatForest margins, woodland and wooded grassland, usually on rocky hillsides; at elevations up to 1,600 metres[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].