Taxonomy

Division:

Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants

Family:

Euphorbiaceae

Genus:

Acalypha

Species:

Acalypha petiolaris

Growth Characteristics

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb , Subshrub

Native Range

East Tropical Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan-South Sudan, South Tropical Africa: Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, West Tropical Africa: Benin, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Rwanda