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Acalypha filiformis

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Poiret

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Comoros
• Madagascar
• Mauritius
• Reunion
• St Helena

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• montane areas
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Nov
• Dec (Comoros)
• Sep-May (Madagascar)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Apr (Madagascar)

Scrambling shrub or liane to 10m with glabrous leaves. Axillary spikes of green or pinkish-red flowers or yellow-green, hairy green fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• EMB