Acalypha caturus (PROSEA)
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Acalypha caturus Blume
- Family: Euphorbiaceae
Vernacular names
- Indonesia: hanjawan (West Java), goprak (Java), kalangkongan (Madura), kayu in cios (Sulawesi)
- Philippines: malasapsap (Tagalog), ambugtunong (Bisaya), migtanong (Bicol).
Distribution
Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, the Moluccas), Borneo and the Philippines. Possibly also in New Guinea.
Uses
In the Minahasa (Sulawesi) cooked leaves are eaten.
Observations
- Shrub or small dioecious tree, 5-14 m tall.
- Leaves broadly ovate, cordate or triangular, 7.5-27 cm × 3-22 cm.
In mixed or young forest and in plantations of tree crops like coffee, up to 1400 m altitude.
Selected sources
3, 4, 7, 44.