Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
daadari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuppi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nugu kuppinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thella murupindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vivi	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant	dry whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha ciliata var. genuina Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 44 (1865), not validly publ.
Acalypha ciliata var. trichophora Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 44 (1865).
Acalypha fimbriata Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 251 (1850), nom. illeg.
Acalypha rubra Wight ex Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7781 (1847), nom. nud.
Ricinocarpus ciliatus (Forssk.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha ciliata	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Acalypha ciliata Forsk.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Acalypha ciliata Forssk	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Acalypha ciliata Forssk.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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