Acalypha wilkesiana Muell.Arg.
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Common Names (English):
Common Names (English):
Beefsteak Plant, Fire Dragon Acalypha, Copper leaf
Beefsteak Plant, Fire Dragon Acalypha, Copper leaf
Local Name (Kannada):
Local Name (Kannada):
Habit: Shrub
Habit: Shrub
Distribution: Native of Polynesia
Use: Ornamental
Use: Ornamental
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Description:
Erect shrubs. Leaves alternate, elliptic to ovate, margin crenate-serrate, apex acuminate. Staminate spikes axillary, pendulous, reddish, many-flowered. Flowers in the axils of minute bracts. Perianth 4-lobed, axillary. Pistillate spikes erect, reddish. Flowers in the axils of foliaceous, reddish bracts. Perianth 3-5-parted.