Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.
NE Indigenous

Morphological description

Herb, up to 1.3 m high. Stems erect from woody root-stock, red. Leaves broadly ovate, up to 80 x 60 mm, acuminate, dentate, with petioles up to 80 mm long. Bracts with stalked glands. Flowers red. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Habitat

Grassland, streambanks. From: Retief, E; Herman, PPJ. 1997. Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters. Strelitzia 6: 1-681. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria. [CC BY]

Flowering time

January

Altitude

765 to 1920 m

Occurrence records map

This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations

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Residence status

Occurrence in the Flora of Southern Africa (FSA) countries and South African provinces. Residence status indicates if a taxon is indigenous, endemic, naturalised or invasive in a specific region. This data is based on specimen records and literature

FSA

SA

BOT

NAM

ESW

LES

WC

EC

NC

FS

GA

KZN

LP

MP

NW

Absent

Indigenous

Endemic

Naturalised

Invasive

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Names and Sources

Accepted name
Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Synonym(s)

Acalypha grantii Baker & Hutch.


Acalypha moggii Compton


Acalypha nigritiana Mull.Arg.


Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich. var. bracteosa Mull.Arg.


Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich. var. glandulosa Mull.Arg.


Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich. var. pilosa Mull.Arg.


Acalypha swynnertonii S.Moore


Classification

KINGDOM Plantae

SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae

SUBFAMILY Acalyphoideae

SPECIES ornata

20 results for Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Specimen records

Barcode: PRE0260752-0 Collector(s) & number: Miller, OB, 5855 | 1959-3-

Eswatini, PIGGS PEAK DIST.; HAVELOCK MINE

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0839811-0 Collector(s) & number: Wild, H, 7072 | 1965-3-16

Botswana, Bechuanaland: Okavango River; Old Mohembo, 14km North of Shakawe.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260756-0 Collector(s) & number: Bruce, EA, 500 | 1952-1-17

South Africa, Mpumalanga, BELFAST DIST.; SLAAIHOEK; 2 MI. FROM SLAAIHOEK

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0757153-0 Collector(s) & number: Burrows, JE, 8002 | 2003-2-15

South Africa, Mpumalanga, Tullach-Mohr, Hemlock, Ngodwana.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0515783-0 Collector(s) & number: Edwards, D, 4336 | 1975-2-27

Namibia, EASTERN CAPRIVI; MPACHA

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260755-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 27625 | 1958-3-20

Eswatini, PIGGS PEAK DIST.; PIGGS PEAK PLANTATIO

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0256993-0 Collector(s) & number: Mogg, AOD, 13666 | 1938-1-10

South Africa, Mpumalanga, PILGRIMS REST DIST.; ROSEHAUGH

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0898782-0 Collector(s) & number: McMurtry, DM, 11160 | 2003-2-15

South Africa, Mpumalanga, W of Ngodwana. Hemlock. Tulloch Mhor Nature Reserve.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260760-0 Collector(s) & number: Merxmuller, H, 2046 | 1958-3-10

Namibia, ANDARA; GROOTFONTEIN-NORD-CAPRIVIZIPFEL NR. VICINITY OF REST CAMPS

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260759-0 Collector(s) & number: De Winter, B, 4231 | 1956-1-13

Namibia, OKAVANGO NATIVE TERR; OKAVANGO RIVER; ON ISLAND IN OKAVANGO RIVER AT ANDARA

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0535385-0 Collector(s) & number: Muller, T, 2288 | 1975-4-28

Botswana, NGAMILAND; OKAVANGO RIVER; W. BANK 4 KM. N. OF SHAKAWE

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260758-0 Collector(s) & number: De Winter, B, 4367 | 1956-1-21

Namibia, OKAVANGO NATIVE TERR; KAKE CAMP; BETWEEN ANDARA AND BAGANI

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0839772-0 Collector(s) & number: Miller, OB, B 1275 | 1952-1-

Namibia, Bechuanaland Protectorate: Chobe River; Serondela.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0511732-0 Collector(s) & number: Giess, JWH, 512 | 1977-4-24

Namibia, ANDARA; R.C. MISSION STA.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260754-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 31164 | 1961-12-28

Eswatini, MANZINI DIST.; MLILWANE

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260757-0 Collector(s) & number: Killick, DJB, 3392 | 1959-1-15

Namibia, EASTERN CAPRIVI; CHOBE RIVER; MPILILA ISLAND ON BANK OF CHOBE

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260753-0 Collector(s) & number: Compton, RH, 27625 | 1958-3-20

Eswatini, PIGGS PEAK DIST.; PIGGS PEAK PLANTATIO

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0984964-0 Collector(s) & number: Hines, CJH, 1147 | 2003-3-4

Namibia, Caprivi, About 14 km SE of Bukalo on the main Bukalo-Muyako road.

General notes: Mopane woodland. Growing on side of termitaria. Numerous small pans. Soils largely clays and clay loams, blackish. Area of mopane woodland with scattered termitaria .Flowers/florescence green.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0260491-0 Collector(s) & number: De Winter, B, 4231 | 1956-1-13

Namibia, OKAVANGO NATIVE TERR; ANDARA; ON ISLAND IN OKAVANGO RIVER

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Barcode: PRE0839771-0 Collector(s) & number: Miller, OB, B 1135 | 1951-12-

Namibia, Bechuanaland: Chobe District; Serondela.

General notes: Det: Radcliffe-Smith.

Data Resource: BODATSA View record

Plant occurence records per dataset

Plant occurence records per year

Occurrence records map

This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations

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2006

BOOK

Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa Klopper, RR; Chatelain, C; Banninger, V; Spichiger, R

SANBI, Pretoria

1997

SERIES

Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJ

Strelitzia 6: 1-681

National Botanical Institute, Pretoria

1991

BOOK

Énumération des Plantes à Fleurs d'Afrique Tropicale, Vol. 1 Lebrun, J-P; Stork, AL

Jardin Botanique, Geneva

1989

PERIODICAL/JOURNAL

Notes on African Euphorbiaceae: XX. Acalypha (ii)., Etc. Radcliffe-Smith, A

Kew Bulletin 44(3)439-454

No results found for Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.

Status

Status and criteria

NE

Assessor(s)

Plantae Coordinator

Part(s) of plant used Use(s) Reference
Leaves Rabies - Children Used with leaves of other plants. Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Roots Magical significance Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Ash (plant) Pain: in the chest (Body part: Chest Used by: Ubangi) Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Leaves Scabies - Children (Body part: Skin) Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Roots Piles (Used by: Ubangi) Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Leaves Circumcision wound: to heal - Initiates Psorospermum febrifugum Spach var. ferrugineum used in combination Keay & Milne-Redhead. Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Plant Umbilical cord infection - New-borns Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Leaves Piles (Used by: Ubangi) Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Leaves Post partum : relieve pain - Newly-deliv Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Roots Leprosy Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Roots Laxative Burkill, HM. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [All rights reserved]
Roots Medicine: magical Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Leaves Post partum : relieve pain - Newly-deliv Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Roots Leprosy Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Roots Laxative Watt, JM; Breyer-Brandwijk, MG. 1962. The medicinal and poisonous plants of southern and eastern Africa: Being an account of their medicinal and other uses, chemical composition, pharmachological effects and toxicology in man and animal, 2nd ed. Livingstone, Edinburgh. [All rights reserved]
Roots Leprosy (Used by: Sukuma) Kokwaro, JO. 1976. Medicinal plants of east Africa. East African Literature Bureau, Nairobi. [All rights reserved]

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