EPPO Global Database

Acalypha hispida(ACCHI)

Overview
Code created in: 2000-06-06

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: ACCHI
  • Preferred name: Acalypha hispida
  • Authority: Burman

Notes

New Guinea (Bismarck archipelago). Cultivated as an ornamental and used medicinally. Introduced in Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China, eastern Africa, Madagascar, Caribbean, South America (Ecuador)


Common names
Name Language
cat's tail English
chenille plant English
copperleaf English
Philippine medusa English
red catstail English
feuerroter Katzenschwanz German
feuerrotes Nesselblatt German
Katzenschwanz German
rauhes Nesselblatt German
roter Katzenschwanz German
acalypha hispide French
chaton rouge French
chenille French
méduse des Philippines French
ortie brûlante French
queue-de-chat French
queue de renard French
ricinelle French
acalifa Spanish
cola de zorro Spanish
crista-de-Perú Spanish (BO)
medusa de Filipinas Spanish
rode kattestaart Dutch
acalifa Portuguese
cauda-de-raposa Portuguese (BR)
benihimonoki Japanese
ベニヒモノキ Japanese
акалифа щетинистоволосистая Russian
hóng suì tiě xiàn cài Chinese
红穗铁苋菜 Chinese