Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acalypha fruticosa var. fruticosa [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Acalypha fruticosa Forssk.
Infraspecies:: Acalypha fruticosa var. eglandulosa Radcl.-Sm.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cinnakkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinnikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kilanku cinni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kitikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittik-kilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittik-kizhang	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

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

Acalypha betulina Retz. Observ. Bot. 5: 30 (1789).
Acalypha chrysadenia Suess. & Friedrich Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 8: 333 (1953).
Acalypha fruticosa var. villosa Hutch. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 896 (1912).
Acalypha capitata Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7783A, B (1847), nom. nud.
Acalypha paxiana Dinter ex Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, XVI: 169 (1924), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha betulina Retz.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Acalypha chrysadenia Suess. & Friedrich	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk. var. fruticosa	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acalypha fruticosa Forssk. var. villosa Hutch.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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