Acalypha fruticosa

  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malpighiales

  • Family

    Euphorbiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Acalypha fruticosa

Determined at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
Herbarium of the University of California
Tanner 3l|72
Vernacular name: Sambaar Msgati Kizumba
Uses: Sambaar For extensive irritating
sores, leaves pounded up and put on as
a paste*
Herbarium of the University of California
TANGANYIKA, AFRICA
Tanga Province
Acalypha fruticosa Forsk*
On black loam on edge of thicket. Shrubby
plant 5 feet tall, growing in groups in
coppice; sap colourless; flowers lime-
white, aromatic*
Altitude 50 feet.
Madansa Chiefdom, Pangam District, Boza Parish
R. E. S. Tanner 3^72	April i|,	1957
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