Acalypha hispida Burm.f.
Chenille Plant / Ekor kucing (Bru.)
Description
Traditional Medicinal Uses
Ecology
Propagation
Distribution
Precaution
Annual or perennial shrub of up to 2 m high. Leaves are simple, alternately and spirally arranged and hairy to subglabrous. Leaf blade is broadly ovate to rhombic-ovate, shortly acuminate at apex, broadly cuneate or rounded at base with toothed margin. Stems are erect, sparsely branched and smooth. Flowers are dense- flowered in catkins and bright red to crimson. Female inflorescence a spike borne at leaf axils and solitary. Male inflorescence is unknown. Fruits and
The hairs from the stem is used to treat cuts, wounds and swellings by rubbing it externally against skin. The leaves are also used as an antidote against snake poison.
It is often found in gardens, in open wastelands, along roadsides and in cultivated fields. It prefers moist but well- drained loamy soil under sunny position.
Stem cutting and seeds.
Native to New Guinea, the Malay Archipelago and other islands in the East Indies.
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