Acalypha ciliata - Kuppigida

, 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

Female sterility, Sores, Schistosomiasis.

Parts Used

Stem, Leaves, Root.

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
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Malayalam
Tamil
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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.

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.

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.

Mode of Propagation

Cuttings

Commonly seen growing in areas

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

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