PLANTAE / PHANEROGAMAE / ANTHOPHYTA / MALPIGHIALES / EUPHORBIACEAE / ACALYPHOIDEAE / ACALYPHEAE / ACALYPHA / ORNATA
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]
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]
January
765 to 1920 m
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
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
Names and Sources
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
| Common name | Language | Reference/barcode | Published as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambezi acalypha | English | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. | |
| Zambezi false-nettle | English | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. | |
| zambezivalsnetel | Afrikaans | Van Wyk, AE; Van den Berg, E; Coates Palgrave, M; Jordaan, M. 2011. Dictionary of names for southern African trees. Briza, Arcadia. |
Classification
KINGDOM Plantae
SUBKINGDOM Phanerogamae
PHYLUM Anthophyta
ORDER Malpighiales
FAMILY Euphorbiaceae
SUBFAMILY Acalyphoideae
TRIBE Acalypheae
GENUS Acalypha
SPECIES ornata
147 results for Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.
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
This map contains point-based occurrences at different locations
2006
BOOK
Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Sub-Saharan Africa Klopper, RR; Chatelain, C; Banninger, V; Spichiger, RSANBI, Pretoria
1997
SERIES
Plants of the northern provinces of South Africa: Keys and diagnostic characters Retief, E; Herman, PPJStrelitzia 6: 1-681
National Botanical Institute, Pretoria
1991
BOOK
Énumération des Plantes à Fleurs d'Afrique Tropicale, Vol. 1 Lebrun, J-P; Stork, ALJardin Botanique, Geneva
1989
PERIODICAL/JOURNAL
Notes on African Euphorbiaceae: XX. Acalypha (ii)., Etc. Radcliffe-Smith, AKew Bulletin 44(3)439-454
No results found for Acalypha ornata Hochst. ex A.Rich.
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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