Acalypha fruticosa Forsk.
Family Euphorbiaceae.
Habitat Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
English Birch-leaved Acalypha.
Folk Chinnivara.
Action Leaves—stomachic, alterative; prescribed in digestive disorders, dyspepsia, colic, diarrhoea.
Acalypha indica Linn.
Family Euphorbiaceae.
Habitat Occurs throughout the plains of India, ascending the hills in Orissa up to 210 m.
English Indian Acalypha.
Ayurvedic Kuppi, Muktavarchaa, Haritamanj an
Siddha/Tamil Kuppaimeni. Folk Khokli, Kuppi, Aamaabhaaji.
Action Antibacterial (leaf used in scabies). Plant—emetic, expectorant (used in bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia). Tincture of fresh plant is used in homoeopathy for incipient phthisis with bloody expectorations, emaciation and arterial haemorrhage.
The plant contains kaempferol; leaves and twigs contain acalyphamide and other amides, quinone, sterols, cyanogenic glycoside.
The herb causes intestinal irritation.
Acanthospermum hispidum
DC.
Family Compositae; Asteraceae.
Habitat Native to Brazil; found as a weed throughout the greater part of India.
Siddha/Tamil Kuppaimeni.
10 Acanthus ilicifolius Linn.
Ayurvedic Trikantaka. (Different from Gokshura; also equated with Martynia diandra, Martineacea, known as Kaakanaasaa.)
Action Used in dermatological affections.
The essential oil (yield 0.2%) showed antibacterial and antifungal activity.
Acanthus ilicifolius Linn.
Family Acanthaceae.
Habitat Common in tidal forests along the East and West coasts; also distributed in Meghalaya and the
