Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acalypha petiolaris Hochst. [Euphorbiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ayila	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
camuna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chaodabi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
citsinga oavaroi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
heart-leaved brooms and brushes	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokagonatsothe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mubete	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mulyatengombe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
munkuguru	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
runye	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shembawa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umpendulo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umsongo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha brachiata E.Mey. ex Krauss Flora 28: 83 (1845), nom. nud.
Acalypha senegalensis Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XVI: 79 (1924).
Acalypha senensis Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot., 1): 96 (1861).
Acalypha villicaulis Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 248 (1850).
Acalypha chariensis Beille Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 80 (1908).
Acalypha haplostyla Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 19: 98 (1894).
Acalypha haplostyla var. longifolia De Wild. Études Fl. Bas- Moyen-Congo 1: 277 (1906).
Acalypha hirsuta Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 248 (1850).
Acalypha languida E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 161 (1843), nom. nud.
Acalypha rehmannii Pax Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 733 (1898).
Acalypha senensis var. chariensis (Beille) Hutch. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 888 (1912).
Acalypha senensis var. haplostyla (Pax) Hutch. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 889 (1912).
Acalypha sidifolia A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 249 (1850), nom. illeg.
Acalypha tenuis Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 30 (1865).
Acalypha tenuis var. eglandulosa Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 30 (1865).
Acalypha tenuis var. glandulosa Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 30 (1865).
Acalypha villicaulis Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 845 (1866), nom. illeg.
Acalypha villicaulis var. minor Müll.Arg. Abh. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 7: 26 (1880).
Acalypha zambesica Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 440 (1864).
Acalypha zambesica var. brevistyla Beille Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 81 (1908).
Ricinocarpus languidus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus petiolaris (Hochst. ex C.Krauss) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus senensis (Klotzsch) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus sidifolius (A.Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus tenuis (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus villicaulis (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus zambesicus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha brachiata Krauss	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acalypha petiolaris Hochst.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acalypha senegalensis Pax & K Hoffm.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Acalypha senensis Klotzsch	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acalypha senensis Klotzsch.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Acalypha villicaulis Hochst.	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)
Acalypha villicaulis Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acalypha villicaulis Hochstetter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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