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(Upload on July 8 2022) [ 日本語 | English ]

Acalypha L. (エノキグサ) Benihimonoki (ベニヒモノキ, 紅紐ノ木), Philippine medusa, red hot cattail, or chenille plant Lifeform : erect, evergreen shrub with 1-2 m in height dioecious - drooping string-like inflorescences born by by ♀ Distribution: tropical Asia (Malesia - Papuasia) naturalized to the other regions Habitat: secondary forests, roadsides, etc.

Flower: usuaslly red (white in a few cultivars) Chromosome number: 2n = 112 Use: houseplant

Acalypha hispida grown in a greenhouse

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[1-3] at Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) located in Osaka, western Japan, on February 6 2022. [4/5] in Fukuoka Zoo and Botanical Graden, northern Kyushu, on September 20 2025.