Acalypha ornata

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}} {{speciesbox | image = | display_parents = 2 | genus = Acalypha | species = ornata | authority = Hochst. ex A.Rich. }}

'''''Acalypha ornata''''' is a species in the botanical family Euphorbiaceae. In Africa it is widely used as a medicinal plant. The stems are used as fibres for weaving baskets. The leaves are eaten as a vegetable; the plants are also fed to domestic animals. ''Acalypha ornata'' is sometimes planted as an ornamental plant.<ref>Schmelzer, G.H. & Gurib-Fakim, A. (Editors), 2008. Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 11(1). Medicinal plants 1. PROTA Foundation, Wageningen, Netherlands / Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands / CTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. 791 pp.</ref>

== Geographic distribution == ''Acalypha ornata'' occurs throughout tropical Africa, except most of West Africa and humid central Africa.<ref>[http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/details.php?langue=an&id=107052 African Plant Database]</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130115002253/http://alltheplants.com/ ''All The Plants'']

== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110727190914/http://www.prota4u.org/protav8.asp?h=M4&t=Acalypha&p=Acalypha+ornata#Synonyms PROTA4U on ''Acalypha ornata''] * {{AfricanPlants|Acalypha ornata}}

ornata Category:Plants used in traditional African medicine Category:Leaf vegetables