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Acalypha hispida Burm.f.

This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Acalypha in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.

Fl. ind.: 203, t. 61, fig. 1 (1768).

Acalypha densiflora Blume (1826).

Red hot cat-tail, chenille plant (En). Indonesia: buntut kuching (Malay, Jakarta), tali anjing (Sundanese), wunga tambang (Javanese). Malaysia: buntut kuching, ekur kuching. Thailand: mai prom (northern), haang krarok daeng (central), huu plaa chon (southwestern). Vietnam: tai t[uw][owj]ng xanh, tai t[uw][owj]ng du[oo]i ch[oof]n.

Supposed to have originated in New Guinea, frequently cultivated elsewhere throughout Malesia and other tropical regions.

In Indonesia, the roots and flowers, fresh or in decoction, are considered a remedy for haemoptysis. The leaves are used to treat thrush. In Malaysia a decoction of the leaves and flowers is externally applied as an emollient to wounds and ulcers; internally it is used as a laxative and diuretic in gonorrhoea. The bark is applied as an expectorant in asthma.

A shrub up to 3 m tall; leaves ovate, 9—20 cm x 7—15 cm, base broadly cuneate, apex narrowly acute or obtuse, margin serrate, petiole 1—5(—10) cm long; female inflorescence pendulous, 10—50 cm long, thick, with a dense mat of crimson styles. In cultivation, usually var. sander (N.E. Br.) J.J. Smith is encountered, which has a more robust habit, larger green, slightly cordate leaves, with longer petioles and longer female inflorescences.

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Arbayah H. Siregar

Siregar, A.H., 2001. Acalypha hispida Burm.f.. In: van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H. and Bunyapraphatsara, N. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 12(2): Medicinal and poisonous plants 2. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea