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Acalypha psilostachya is a shrub in the spurge family native to tropical Africa, from Cameroon to Ethiopia and southern Africa. It is valued mainly as a medicinal plant in East Africa rather than as a garden ornamental, and it grows best in warm, seasonally dry conditions.
Acalypha psilostachya is a species in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. In East Africa it is used as a medicinal plant.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acalypha psilostachya by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
