Euphorbiaceae

Sticky brooms and brushes

Acalypha punctata Meisn. ex Krauss

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Acalypha

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Sticky brooms and brushes: Acalypha punctata var. punctata , female inforescence; recently burned grassland, Rayton, Gauteng, South Africa — Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

Chinese: 斑鐵莧菜, 斑铁苋菜
English: Sticky brooms and brushes
ss: Umsongo
Zulu: Usununundu

Synonyms

Acalypha longifolia Klotzsch ex Baill.
Acalypha longifolia E.Mey. ex Pax. & K.Hoffm.
Acalypha peduncularis var. punctata (Meisn. ex C.Krauss) Müll.Arg.
Acalypha peduncularis var. punctata (Meisn.) Müll.Arg.
Acalypha punctata var. longifolia Prain
Acalypha punctata var. punctata
Acalypha punctata var. rogersii Prain

Photos

Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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). About our plant data.