Euphorbiaceae
Indian acalypha
Acalypha indica
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
- Genus
- Acalypha
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- برطم, حرامي الذبل, عطارد ثلاثي
- Chinese
- 热带铁苋菜
- English
- Indian acalypha
- Indonesian
- Akar kucing, Anting-anting, Ganjar kycing, Kucing-kucingan
- mad
- Tompong parot, Ḍâng-ḍângset
- Tamil
- அரிமஞ்சரி, குப்பி, குப்பை மேனி, பூனைவணங்கி, மார்ஜலமோகினி
- Telugu
- కుప్పింటాకు, పిప్పింటాకు, హరిత మంజరి, హరితమంజరి
Synonyms
- Acalypha canescens Wall.
- Acalypha canescens Benth.
- Acalypha caroliniana Blanco
- Acalypha chinensis Benth.
- Acalypha ciliata Wall.
- Acalypha ciliata Benth.
- Acalypha cupamenii Dragend.
- Acalypha decidua Forssk.
- Acalypha fimbriata Baill.
- Acalypha indica var. indica
- Acalypha somalensis Pax
- Acalypha somalium Müll.Arg.
- Acalypha spicata Forssk.
- Cupamenis indica (L.) Raf.
- Ricinocarpus deciduus (Forssk.) Kuntze
- Ricinocarpus indicus (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- May, July to October, December (from 236 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: vrxz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: chiuluan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Utain Pummarin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aravinth, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Aris riyanto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mason Brock, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vishal soni, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saikat Dey, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arjuna juna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.