Description
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Robust woody herb, shrub or even a small tree, up to 5 m tall, sometimes climbing. Young stems often hairy and purplish. Leaves elliptic-ovate to ovate, up to 16 × 10 cm, 5-7-veined from the base, thinly textured, hairless to sparingly hairy on both surfaces, often hairy on the midrib and veins below; margin toothed; petiole 2-15 cm long. Flowers unisexual in separate inflorescences, usually on the same plant, rarely on different plants. Female inflorescence a terminal spike, up to 19 cm long; flowers singly held in cup-shaped bracts with long glandular-toothed margins. Male inflorescences axillary, up to 12 cm long, densely-flowered; flowers minute, green, flushed pink or reddish.. Fruit 3 × 4 mm, 3-lobed, slightly, pubescent near the apex.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A. Rich. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135110
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
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Widespread from Nigeria to Eritrea and south to Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A. Rich. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=135110
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- Mark Hyde
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- Bart Wursten
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- Petra Ballings
Acalypha ornata: Brief Summary
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Azerbaijani
)
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Acalypha ornata (lat. Acalypha ornata) — südləyənkimilər fəsiləsinin akalif cinsinə aid bitki növü.
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Acalypha ornata: Brief Summary
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Acalypha ornata is a species in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. In Africa it is widely used as a medicinal plant. The stems are used as fibres for weaving baskets. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable; the plants are also fed to domestic animals. Acalypha ornata is sometimes planted as an ornamental plant.
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Acalypha ornata: Brief Summary
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Portuguese
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Acalypha ornata é uma espécie de flor do gênero Acalypha, pertencente à família Euphorbiaceae.
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Acalypha ornata: Brief Summary
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Vietnamese
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Acalypha ornata là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đại kích. Loài này được Hochst. ex A.Rich. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1850.
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