Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Genus:

Acalypha

Species:

Acalypha lanceolata var. lanceolata

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Range

Australia: Northern Territory, Queensland, Eastern Asia: Taiwan, Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh, India, Laccadive Is., Maldives, Sri Lanka, Indo-China: Cambodia, Myanmar, South China Sea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malesia: Borneo, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Northwestern Pacific: Caroline Is., Papuasia: Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Is., South-Central Pacific: Cook Is., Southwestern Pacific: Fiji, Samoa, Tonga