Acalypha caturus (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

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.