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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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'''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.  
 
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Revision as of 12:57, 20 January 2020

, Acalypha ciliata

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.

Uses

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Parts Used

Stem, Leaves, Root.

Chemical Composition

[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Annual

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple alternate branches pubescent. Leaves to 7 x 4 cm, ovate, cuneate, membranous, acuminate at apex, base rounded, sparsely puberulus, margin ciliate; petiole to 5 cm.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
Unisexual Axillary spikes Spikes axillary, to 2 cm; sepals 4, pubescent; female flowers crowded below; bracts 5 mm, campanulate, pubescent ca. 12-15 toothed, ciliate, ovary 1.5 mm; male flowers on the upper half minute. {{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
Capsule Capsule 3 mm across, smooth.

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Cuttings

How to plant/cultivate

[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Wooded grassland, Open grassland, Coastal bushland, Damp localities, Near lakes.

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ["chemistry"]
  2. "morphology"
  3. [ "Cultivation"]

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