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'''Acalypha ciliata''' is an erect. It is growing up to about 85cm tall. The leaves are sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and medicine. Use of this species for food seems to be diminishing, it being eaten mainly by old people or in times of shortage.

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{{Parts Used|Stem}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leavesLeaves}}, {{Parts Used|Root}}.

{{Common names|sa=Haritamanjari|enkn=ಕುಪ್ಪಿಗಿಡ Kuppigida, ತುಪ್ಪ ಕೀರೆ Thuppa keere|guml=Kuppameni|himr=Kupi|knte=Nugu kuppinta, Tella muripinda|ksen=Fringed acalypha|mlgu=Dadari, Ruchalo dadaro|mr=|pa=|ta=|te=Kupi, Lahan khokhali}}<ref name="Common names"/>

{{Habit|SubshrubAnnual}}

{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|branches Branches pubescent. Leaves to 7 x 4 cm, ovate, cuneate, membranous, acuminate at apex, base rounded, sparsely puberulus, margin ciliate; petiole to 5 cm. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Propagation|Seeds}}

{{Commonly seen|Wooded grassland}}, {{Commonly seen|Open grassland}}, {{Commonly seen|Coastal bushland}}, {{Commonly seen|Damp localities}}, {{Commonly seen|Near lakes}}.

File:Annals of natural history (1838) (17793103333).jpg|Illustration

<ref name="chemical composition">[Chemistry]</ref><ref name="chemistryCommon names">[https://sites.google.com/site/indiannamesofplants/via-species/a/acalypha-ciliata Common names]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225363 Morphology]</ref>

<ref name="Leaf">[https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/225363"morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ "Cultivation"]</ref>

* [ http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Acalypha+ciliata Acalypha ciliata on theferns.info]* [ ]* [ ]