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Acalypha hispida
Trees and shrubs | Magnoliopsida
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Scientific Name - Acalypha hispida NL Burman

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Popular names - chenille plant

Distribution and Habitat - originally from South Pacific islands

Description - dioica species, shrub 3 meters high. Leaves petiolate, simple, alternate, language ovat, 8-27 cm long, margins toothed, base cuneata, or heart, leading acuminata or acute petiole 4-8 cm long, pubescent; stipele triangular, 0.6-1 cm long. Clocks red flowers arranged in spikes 10-50 cm long, female flowers 3-4 SEPA subovate, top acute, pubescent, ovary subglobos. Blooms in February-November.

Requirements - well-drained soils, sunny.

Propagation - by seedlings.

Properties and Uses - Used as an ornamental species because ears red decorations. The Asian species is used as medicine. In Malaya the leaves and decoctionflowers is used internally as a laxative and diuretic.

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