Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Genus:

Acalypha

Species:

Acalypha ornata

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Vine

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, West Tropical Africa: Nigeria, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda