Common name: Indian Copperleaf, Indian acalypha, Indian nettle, three-seeded-mercury • Hindi: कुप्पी Kuppi, कुप्पीखोखली kuppikhokhali • Marathi: कुपी kupi • Tamil: கொழிப்பூண்டு koli-p-puntu, குப்பைமேனி kuppai-meni • Malayalam: കുപ്പമേനി kuppameni • Telugu: హరితమంజరి harita-manjari, కుప్పి kuppi • Kannada: ಕುಪ್ಪುಗಿಡ kuppugida • Bengali: মুক্তঝুরি mukta jhuri, শ্বেত বসন্ত sbeta basanta • Gujarati: vanchi kanto, Dadano • Sanskrit: हरित मञ्जरी harita manjari
Botanical name: Acalypha lanceolata var. lanceolata Family: Euphorbiaceae (Castor family)
Synonyms: Acalypha indica, Acalypha albicans, Acalypha boehmerioides, Acalypha collina, Acalypha hispida
Indian Copperleaf is a small erect herb, growing up to 60 cm or more. The
ascending branches are angled and velvet-hairy. Leaves are broadly ovate,
nearly triangular, rather coarsely toothed. Leaf stalks are as long as or
longer than the 3-5 cm long blades. Flowers are stalkless, borne on erect
axillary spikes longer than the leaves. Male flowers are minute, crowded
distally. Female flowers are scattered along the inflorescence axis, each
subtended by a conspicuous semicupular leaf-like toothed green bract
nearly 7 mm long. Capsule is bristly, 1 mm broad.
Identification credit: Ajinkya Gadave
| Photographed at Nirlon Knowledge Park, Mumbai. |
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