Muthu ji I too think your plant is *Acalypha ciliata Forsk*.
The keys to differentiate the three closely related Acalypha species from
Dr. Almeida's flora Vol -IV B pg: 281 -
1. Herbaceous plants, naturally growing wild-------------------2
2. Bracts concealing the capsules-----------------------------3
3. Bracts shortly dentate, truncate--------------- A. indica
3. Bracts 3 -lobed ------------------------------------- A. supera
3. Bracts fimbriate------------------------------------- A.
ciliata
regards,
Rashida.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote:
> forwarding for further clarification.
>
> Could this be *Acalypha ciliata*, if i am not wrong. The bract is
> distinctly ciliate here. - Vijayasankarji
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
> Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 6:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:23358] What is this Herb?
> To: Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]>
> Cc: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]>, indiantreepix <
> [email protected]>, Dr Santhosh Kumar <
> [email protected]>, Vijayadas D <[email protected]>
>
>
> Yes, it must be *A. ciliata*, Vijayasankar ji. I have yet to learn
> differentiating other *Acalypha* species from *A. indica*.
> Regards.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:09 PM, Vijayasankar Raman <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Dinesh ji,
>>
>> Could this be *Acalypha ciliata*, if i am not wrong. The bract is
>> distinctly ciliate here.
>>
>> --
>> With regards
>>
>> R. Vijayasankar
>> FRLHT, Bangalore
>>
>
>
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