Acalypha racemosa

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Native from West Africa and Ethiopia southwards to Zimbabwe and southern Mozambique.

Acalypha racemosa, Rusitu Forest, Zimbabwe. [photos Bart Wursten ©, Flora of Zimbabwe

Ecological relationships in southern Africa

See also Ecological relationships of Acalypha species in southern Africa.

Herbivores

List of Lepidoptera from Kroon (1999).

Neptis kiriakoffi Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae Larvae eat the leaves. Recorded on Acalypha racemosa.

Links

• Acalypha racemosa (African Flowering Plants Database)
• Acalypha racemosa (Flora of Zimbabwe)

References

• Kroon, D.M. 1999. Lepidoptera of Southern Africa. Host-plants and other Associations. A Catalogue. Lepidopterists' Society of Africa, South Africa.