Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
mchacha	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mchakati	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mckakari	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mfulwe	Other	Folk Taxonomy in Med. Pl. Trade, Tanzania (Otieno et al., 2015)
mjiakhati	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha nigritiana Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 440 (1864).
Acalypha adenotricha A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 248 (1850).
Acalypha grantii Baker & Hutch. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 230 (1911).
Acalypha livingstoniana Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 440 (1864).
Acalypha moggii Compton J. S. African Bot. 41: 48 (1975).
Acalypha ornata var. bracteosa Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 443 (1864).
Acalypha ornata var. genuina Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 19 (1865), not validly publ.
Acalypha ornata var. glandulosa Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 19 (1865).
Acalypha ornata var. pilosa Müll.Arg. Flora 47: 443 (1864).
Acalypha swynnertonii S.Moore J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 200 (1911).
Ricinocarpus adenotrichus (A.Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617 (1891).
Ricinocarpus livingstonianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus nigritianus (Müll.Arg.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).
Ricinocarpus ornatus (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha nigritiana Müll.-Arg.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Acalypha ornata Hochst.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A. Rich.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.	Folk Taxonomy in Med. Pl. Trade, Tanzania (Otieno et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Acalypha ornata Hochstetter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images