Acalypha ciliata
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Acalypha ciliata is a species in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. It occurs widely in Africa where it is eaten as a vegetable,P. M. Goode, FAO Food and nutrition paper 42(1) (1989), Edible plants of Uganda:
the value of wild and cultivated plants as food. {{ISBN|92-5-102713-7}} or fed to animals. In West Africa and East Africa it is used as a medicinal plant.Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors), 2008. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1). Medicinal plants 1. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands / Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands / CTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. 791 pp.
Geographic distribution
Acalypha ciliata occurs throughout tropical Africa, except central Africa. It also occurs in tropical Arabia, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka.[http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php African Plant Database]
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727190554/http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Acalypha&p=Acalypha+ciliata#Synonyms PROTA4U on Acalypha ciliata]
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Category:Plants used in traditional African medicine
Category:Taxa named by Peter Forsskål
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