📩 Acalypha wilkesiana

Traditional Herbs from Acalypha wilkesiana

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• Prepare 10 g of fresh akalifa leaves. Wash the leaves then add a little lime and gambier.
• Pound until smooth then apply on skin blemishes.

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• Akalifa leaves to taste.
• Wash until clean.
• Boil until boiling. Remove the leaves and let cool.
• Apply all over the body while massaged.

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• Fresh akalifa leaves, heated.
• Externally applied to the affected part.

What is Acalypha wilkesiana Looks like??

Parts of Acalypha wilkesiana that could be used

• Leaves
• Bark
• Stem

Acalypha wilkesiana Distribution

This plant is widely distributed in the East Indies and the Pacific, is a tropical plant that is often planted as an ornamental plant and hedge plant. The leaf extract has also been used as an ointment to treat fungal problems on the skin. In addition, young shoots without flowers can be cooked as a vegetable.
Agroecology of Acalypha wilkesiana
Grows in tropical and subtropical climates, with full sunlight (6 hours or more), moderate soil water content, moist soil, good drainage, temperature 16 °C.
Morphology of Acalypha wilkesiana

• Taproot brown.
• Stem upright woody, smooth round, twigs hairy, branches sympodial.
• Leaves\u00a0single alternate, oval, serrated edge, pointed tip, spotted, pinnate, cream green or red, hairy, some are flat, some are curved.
• Compound flowers, grain shape, androgynous, cup shaped petals, small, green, usually hidden in turn leaf.
• Triple bear box fruit, hairy, red.
• Kidney shaped seeds, black.

Cultivation of Acalypha wilkesiana

• Generative (seed) and vegetative (stem cuttings) propagation.
• Akalifa is a plant that is easy to grow. The resulting stem cuttings should be planted in a pot that is 2 times as wide as the length of the roots formed.

Acalypha wilkesiana, more details :

Chemical Content of Acalypha wilkesiana
Saponins, flavonoids, tannins, polyphenols, alkaloids, corilagin, gallic acid, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, steroids, flobatin, geranin, phytate, terpenoids.
Benefits of Acalypha wilkesiana
Antidiabetic, antibacterial, medicine for diarrhea, gastrointestinal infections, fungal infections of the skin, aches and pains, reduces fever, hypertension, treats coughing up blood, canker sores, rheumatism, inflammation and swelling.
Simplisia of Acalypha wilkesiana

Another Facts for Acalypha wilkesiana :

Synonym of Acalypha wilkesiana
Acalypha amentacea f. circinata (Müll. Arg.) Fosberg, Acalypha compacta Guilf. ex C.T.White� , Ricinocarpus wilkesianus (Müll. Arg.) Kuntze�
Habitus of Acalypha wilkesiana
Bush. Annual shrub, up to 5 m high
Habitat of Acalypha wilkesiana

• Bushland
• Grassland