Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Acalypha peruviana Mull.Arg.
Collector/Expedition: Stock, J.
Collection number: 99
Collection date: 21st May 1967
Country/Territory: Ecuador
Collecting locality: Ecuador:Off Quito - Santo Domingo road to right, just before high waterfall at Napa.
Habitat: Mixed bush.
Description: small tree. Large almost cordate leaves, pointed 8' long x 5' broad, serrated, all very much eaten by insects. Veins prominent on back. Petiole 3' long, catkins from leaf-axils with red tufts, hairlike, growing from 3-carpel ovary. Catkins 8' long. Apparently bi-sexual.
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00247945
Cite as: https://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00247945
Herbarium region: 17 (W. Tropical South America)
Number of sheets: 1
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