Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acalypha australis L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amaranth	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
asian copperleaf	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
australian acalypha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cika mas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fèng yǎn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hansuwa	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
hán zhū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hán zhū cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǎi bàng hán zhū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǎi bàng ké	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kucing galak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
māo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
māo yǎn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rén xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiě xiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiě xiàn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xuè jiàn chóu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yáng ké cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè lǐ cáng zhū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
人莧	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
六合草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
叶里藏珠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
含珠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
含珠草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
榎草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
海蚌含珠	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
海蚌壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
茶絲癀	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蛘壳草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
血見愁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
貓眼草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
貓草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金樹榴	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
金石榴	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
鐵莧	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
鐵莧菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
铁苋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
铁苋菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鳳眼草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acalypha australis f. glareosa (Rupr.) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 39 (1954).
Acalypha australis var. glareosa (Rupr.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 442 (1929).
Acalypha australis var. lanceolata Hayata J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 20(3): 51 (1904).
Acalypha australis f. lanceolata (Hayata) Hurus. J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 6: 298 (1954).
Acalypha australis var. velutina Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 45: 2 (1931).
Acalypha australis f. velutina (Honda) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 78 (1953).
Acalypha chinensis Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 677 (1832).
Acalypha gemina (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 880 (1826).
Acalypha gemina var. genuina Müll.Arg. Linnaea 34: 41 (1865), not validly publ.
Acalypha gemina var. lanceolata Hayata J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 20: 51 (1904).
Acalypha indica var. minima (H.Keng) S.F.Huang & T.C.Huang Taiwania 36: 83 (1991).
Acalypha lanceolata Benth. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 7789 (1847), nom. nud.
Acalypha minima H.Keng Taiwania 6: 32 (1955).
Acalypha pauciflora Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn.: 909 (1815).
Acalypha pauciflora var. glareosa Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 240 (1859).
Acalypha pauciflora f. glareosa (Rupr.) Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 129 (1861).
Acalypha pauciflora var. umbrosa Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 240 (1859).
Acalypha pauciflora f. umbrosa (Rupr.) Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 128 (1861).
Acalypha sessilis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 205 (1804).
Acalypha virgata Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 268 (1784).
Meterana dimidiata Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 66 (1838).
Ricinocarpus australis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 617 (1891).
Urtica gemina Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 558 (1790).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acalypha australis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acalypha australis L.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

Acalypha australis

Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Acalypha australis L.

Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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