Acalypha indica Linnaeus (1753b: 1003)

Simão, Inês F., Silveira, Paulo C., Wajer, Jacek, Schuiteman, André & Welzen, Peter Van, 2024, Checklist of the Timorese Euphorbiaceae and related families, Phytotaxa 661 (2), pp. 123-149 : 127

* Acalypha indica Linnaeus (1753b: 1003)

Ecology: roadsides and waste places, up to 250 m ( Sagun et al. 2010).

Distribution: Africa, Malesia, Micronesia; introduced in the Neotropics ( Sagun et al. 2010).

Specimens examined: Indonesia (Timor Barat): Malaka , [Nurobo a, 9°21’53” S, 124°48’46” E], 6 July 1965, Kooy, C. W. 223 ( L [ L.2181078]) ; South Central Timor, Kolbano [Kolbano, 10°02’05” S, 124°31’20” E], 3 May 1929, Walsh, M.E. 264 ( BM [ BM000897169 ]) ; Temef, { Temef ?}, 21 July 1962, Kooy, C. W. 211 ( L [ L.2181083]) ; Timor: Teijsmann, J. E. HB 10760 ( L [ L.2181087]) ; Unknown s.n. ( L [ L.2181088 (ex Paris)]) ; Unknown s.n. (P [P00235983]) ;

Timor Leste: Díli, Cristo Rei , [Dili, 8°33’31” S, 125°34’25” E], 5 February 2005, Paiva , J., Silveira, P. & Sousa, A. J. T 262 ( COI, L [ L.2181064]) ; 29 December 1953, van Steenis, C. G. G. J. 18597 ( L [ L.2181084]) ; Lautém, c. 6 km west of Lore , [8°40’25” S, 126°57’49” E], 25 February 2006, Cowie, I.D. 10945 ( L [ L.2181063]) .

Red List Assessment: Not Assessed.