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Acalypha bipartita

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Müller of Aargau

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Mozambique
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Savanna
• shrubland
• forest edge
• riverside
• grassland
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Oct (Burundi)
• Jun (Uganda)

Fruiting Times

Climbing shrub, woody her or scrambling subshrub to 3m with puberulous branches. Serrate dentate leaves pubescent beneath 60mm x 45mm. Axillary solitary green flowers 40mm long with bracts to 6mm x 6mm pubescent outside, 3 sepals 0.6mm long pubescent on back.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew
• CJB
• Mobot