Distribution Map

Acalypha depressinervia

As at April 2024, 19 herbarium specimens

South African Red List status: LC
Global Distribution: Southern Africa only
Flora Protection Act: Schedule C
Medicinal

Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*):
Acalypha schinzii - Herbaceous perennial, stem rather slender, erect, up to 50 cm high, little or not branched, with numerous long hairs, all young parts shaggy, glands unusual. Leaves narrow, more than three times as long as broad, borne erect, c 3 cm long x 5 mm wide, margins not toothed. Sexes on different plants (occasionally on same). Male inflorescences with stalk c 5 cm long and spike c 5 cm long when mature. Female inflorescence terminal, rather slender, few­flowered, stigmas very long and slender, scarcely feathery.

* Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication.

Notes:
Global distribution information: southern Africa includes southern Mozambique and southern Zimbabwe.
Restricted distribution has been based on an estimated extent of occurence of less than 100 000 km2 and/or an estimated area of occupancy of 100 km2, based on geo-referenced GBIF and iNaturalist data.