Acalypha diversifolia Jacq.

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Ecuador

• State/Province

  Pichincha

• Locality

  In the Colorado community "Congoma Grande" at km. 23 on the Santa Domingo - Puerto Limón road. Farmland and strongly disturbed forest along a watercourse.

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 m. (328 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -0.35, -79.37

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

Revisión de Acalypha L. para el Neotrópico
Confirmavit
J. M. Cardiel (Real Jardín Botánico, C.S.I.C.) 1998
FLORA OF ECUADOR
Collected by L. P. Kvist
No. 40155	Euphorbiaceae
Acalypha diversifolia Jacq.
Prov. PICHINCHA:
In the Colorado community "Congoma Grande" at km. 23
on the Santa Domingo - Puerto Limón road. Farmland and
strongly disturbed forest along a watercourse. (79#22*W
0°21*5) Alt. 100 m. 8 June 1982.
Small tree, 4 m tall. Growing on river bank.
Nom. Vern.: Piyaja (Colorado);
Use: The leaves are macerated and used for stopping
bleedings from wounds, e.g. incised wounds.
Botanical Institute, University of Aarhus, Denmark (AAU). Project directed by L.B.Holm-Nielsen and B.OIIgaard
In collaboration with P. Universidad Católica (QCA) and Muaeo Ecuatoriano de Clenclaa Naturalee (QNA), Quito.
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