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Acalypha ciliata is a small annual herb in the spurge family, native to Africa, southwest Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. It is a wild or weedy plant rather than a commonly grown ornamental, and it grows best in warm, seasonally dry tropical conditions.
Acalypha ciliata is a species in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. It occurs widely in Africa where it is eaten as a vegetable, or fed to animals. In West Africa and East Africa it is used as a medicinal plant.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
