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Internal ID UUID644037b6e09bc517169775
Scientific name Acalypha fruticosa
Authority Forssk.
First published in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 161 (1775)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Ricinocarpus fruticosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 618 (1891)
Acalypha capitata Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 7783, A, B. 1847
Acalypha fruticosa var. villosa Hutch. Fl. Trop. Afr. 6(1): 896. 1912

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Language Common/alternative name
English golden falsenettle
Afrikaans gouevalsnetel
Malayalam ബാലമുഞ്ഞ
Tamil சிறுசின்னி
Chinese 桦叶铁苋
Chinese 樺葉鐵莧

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Name Authority First published in
Acalypha fruticosa var. eglandulosa Radcl.-Sm. Kew Bull. 28: 288 (1973)
Acalypha fruticosa var. fruticosa Unknown

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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Namibia
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000938659
Tropicos 12800109
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:337407-1
The Plant List kew-573
Open Tree Of Life 3910410
NCBI Taxonomy 2878459
IUCN Red List 144283007
IPNI 337407-1
iNaturalist 342701
GBIF 3056623
Freebase /m/0fphz12
EOL 1146146
USDA GRIN 423292
Wikipedia Acalypha_fruticosa

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Updating the Status quo on the Eco-Friendly Approach for Antioxidants Recovered from Plant Matrices Using Cloud Point Extraction Travičić V, Cvanić T, Šovljanski O, Erceg T, Perović M, Stupar A, Ćetković G Antioxidants (Basel) 25-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10967642
doi:10.3390/antiox13030280
PMID:38539814
Nature’s Green Potential: Anticancer Properties of Plants of the Euphorbiaceae Family Jiménez-González V, Kowalczyk T, Piekarski J, Szemraj J, Rijo P, Sitarek P Cancers (Basel) 25-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10778523
doi:10.3390/cancers16010114
PMID:38201542
Ethnomedicinal Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Properties of Suregada Genus: A Review Mangisa M, Kemboi D, Fouche G, Nthambeleni R, Langat MK, Tarirai C, Cheek M, Gonyela O, Tembu VJ Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 30-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10610488
doi:10.3390/ph16101390
PMID:37895862
Important Medicinal and Food Taxa (Orders and Families) in Kenya, Based on Three Quantitative Approaches Mutie FM, Mbuni YM, Rono PC, Mkala EM, Nzei JM, Phumthum M, Hu GW, Wang QF Plants (Basel) 02-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10005506
doi:10.3390/plants12051145
PMID:36904005
DNA Barcoding of Wild Plants with Potential Medicinal Properties from Faifa Mountains in Saudi Arabia Safhi FA, Alshamrani SM, Bogmaza AF, El-Moneim DA Genes (Basel) 12-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9957057
doi:10.3390/genes14020469
PMID:36833396
Medicinal plants utilized in the management of epilepsy in Ethiopia: ethnobotany, pharmacology and phytochemistry Birhan YS Chin Med 19-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9675240
doi:10.1186/s13020-022-00686-5
PMID:36403053
Ailanthus altissima leaf extract mediated green production of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles for antibacterial and antioxidant activity Shabbir Awan S, Taj Khan R, Mehmood A, Hafeez M, Rizwan Abass S, Nazir M, Raffi M Saudi J Biol Sci 01-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9649943
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.103487
PMID:36387031
Community composition and phyto-diversity assessment of ganda roba and ganda shabbo sites in Damota natural vegetation, eastern Ethiopia Hussein A Heliyon 20-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9634035
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11163
PMID:36339994
Ethnomedicinal plants used for treatment of snakebites in Tanzania – a systematic review Mogha NG, Kalokora OJ, Amir HM, Kacholi DS Pharm Biol 07-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9553154
doi:10.1080/13880209.2022.2123942
PMID:36205572
Medicinal plants used for dermatological disorders among the people of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A narrative review Almoshari Y Saudi J Biol Sci 22-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9111994
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2022.103303
PMID:35592741
Nanotechnology-Based Bioactive Antifeedant for Plant Protection Melanie M, Miranti M, Kasmara H, Malini DM, Husodo T, Panatarani C, Joni IM, Hermawan W Nanomaterials (Basel) 14-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8879102
doi:10.3390/nano12040630
PMID:35214959
Ellagitannin, Phenols, and Flavonoids as Antibacterials from Acalypha arvensis (Euphorbiaceae) Ble-González EA, Gómez-Rivera A, Zamilpa A, López-Rodríguez R, Lobato-García CE, Álvarez-Fitz P, Gutierrez-Roman AS, Perez-García MD, Bugarin A, González-Cortazar M Plants (Basel) 24-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8840177
doi:10.3390/plants11030300
PMID:35161281
Natural Products against Sand Fly Vectors of Leishmaniosis: A Systematic Review Pugliese M, Gaglio G, Passantino A, Brianti E, Napoli E Vet Sci 30-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8402801
doi:10.3390/vetsci8080150
PMID:34437471
Beneficial insects are associated with botanically rich margins with trees on small farms Arnold SE, Elisante F, Mkenda PA, Tembo YL, Ndakidemi PA, Gurr GM, Darbyshire IA, Belmain SR, Stevenson PC Sci Rep 26-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8313545
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94536-3
PMID:34312457
Ethnobotany of an indigenous tree Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.) Milne-Redh. (Fabaceae) in the arid and semi-arid areas of South Omo Zone, southern Ethiopia Hailemariam MB, Woldu Z, Asfaw Z, Lulekal E J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 17-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8285841
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00469-6
PMID:34273997

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