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Acalypha ornata

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Hochstetter ex A. Richard

Common Names

• Mbembu (Mawambo)

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Botswana
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Nigeria
• Rwanda
• Transvaal - South Africa
• Sudan
• Swaziland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edge
• wooded grassland
• thicket
• riverside
• gallery forest
• secondary forest
• disturbed forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Nov (Burundi)
• Dec (Malawi)
• Oct-Apr(Tanzania)
• Jun (Uganda)
• Feb
• Mar (Zambia)

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Dec (Tanzania)

Herb, shrub, lax shrub, vine or tree with glabrescent branches, lenticellate stems. Serrate glabrous leaves or pubescent beneath to 110mm x 60mm. Monoecous red, pale yellow or white flowers, terminal female spikes with small bracts 6mm x 8mm, 3 sepals, axillary solitary male inflorescence. Small pubescent capsule.

Stem used in arrow poison

Further References

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