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Acalypha integrifolia is a tropical shrub from Mauritius and Réunion in the spurge family, used locally as a medicinal plant, with leaf decoctions traditionally taken against intestinal worms. It is a warm, humid-climate plant that is rarely grown outside its native islands.
Acalypha integrifolia is a species of flowering plant in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. It is locally used as a medicinal plant. Leaf decoctions are drunk to treat intestinal worms.
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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.
