Euphorbiaceae FAMILY

Acalypha grandis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Acalypha grandis is a spreading shrub or a small tree usually around 2.5 metres tall but sometimes growing up to 10 metres tall[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. , 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia and the west Pacific - New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands,Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Samoa, Wallis-Futuna Island

HabitatPrimary and secondary forests, coastal and lowland thickets, stream banks, and in regrowth along lava flows, at elevations up to 150 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. , 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. , 490 Title Flora Vitiensis Nova Publication Author Smith. A.C. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden; Hawaii Year 1979 ISBN Description A comprehensive flora of Fiji, often showing plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Common around houses[ 481 Title Medicinal Plants in Papua New Guinea Publication Author Publisher World Health Organisation Year 2009 ISBN 978-92-9061-249-0 Description Traditional medicinal uses of 126 species from Papua New Guinea, including information on modern research into the plants. ].