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The young leaves, tips of the branches, and young flowers 

 may be cooked and eaten, and are extensively so used in 

 Java. Local names: Beluntas, luntas, tluntas, baluntas, 

 baruiitas, blunias, lamutdsa, lenabou, nih, hahig-bahig, 

 baning-baiiing, kalapini. 



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FiGTTRE 50. — PliLchea indica. 



V. Acalypha indica. — This is an erect, branched herb 

 which grows up to 3 feet high. It occurs as a weed 

 about settlements, in meadows, along ditches, and in waste 

 places generally, often abundantly; it does not occur in the 



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