''Acalypha padifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to the Andes in

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Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

, Ecuador, and Peru. It is a

shrub A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...

or small tree that grows in mountain

rainforest Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...

s.Sanz, J. M. C. and P. M. Rodríguez. (2012)
Synopsis of ''Acalypha'' (Euphorbiaceae) of continental Ecuador.
''PhytoKeys'' (17), 1-17.

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