Scientific Name
Acalypha hispida Burm. f.
Synonyms
Acalypha densiflora Blume, Acalypha sanderi N.E.Br., Acalypha sanderi K.Schum., Ricinocarpus hispidus (Burm.f.) Kuntze. [1]
Vernacular Name
| Malaysia | Buntut kuching, ekur kuching [2] |
| English | Red hot cat-tail, chenille plant, philippine-medusa, red-cattail [2] [3] |
| Indonesia | Buntut kuching (Malay, Jakarta); tali anjing (Sundanese); wunga tambang (Javanese) [2] |
| Vietnam | tai t[uw][owj]ng xanh, tai t[uw][owj]ng du[oo]i ch[oof]n [2] |
| Thailand | Mai prom (Northern); haang krarok daeng (Central); huu plaa chon (Southwestern) [2] |
| Germany | Roter Katzenschwanz [3] |
| Sweden | Kattsvans [3] |
Geographical Distributions
Acalypha hispida supposed to have originated in New Guinea. It is frequently cultivated throughout Malesia and other tropical regions [2].Botanical Description
A. hispida is a shrub from family Euphorbiaceae measuring up to 3 m tall [2].
The leaves are ovate in shape, with a size of 9-20 cm x 7-15 cm, broadly cuneate base, narrowly acute or obtuse apex, serrate margin and with measuring 1-5(-10) cm long petiole [1].
The female inflorescence is pendulous, measures 10-50 cm long, thick and with a dense mat of crimson styles [2].
Cultivation
No documentation
Chemical Constituent
No documentation
Plant Part Used
No documentation
Traditional Use
No documentation
Preclinical Data
No documentation
Clinical Data
No documentation
Poisonous Management
No documentation.
Line Drawing
References
- The Plant List. Acalypha hispida Burm.f. 2013 ver1.1 [updated 2013, cited 2014 July 9] Available from: http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-689
- Siregar AH. Acalypha hispida Burm.f. In: van Valkenburg JLCH, Bunyapraphatsara N, Editors. Plant Resources of South-East Asia No. 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. Netherlands: Backhuys Publisher; 2001. p. 34.
- Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Taxon: Acalypha hispida Burm.f. [updated 2014 June 30; cited 2017 July 9]. Available from: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?316293
