This is an ornamental plant originating from Burma (Myanmar) and is currently cultivated in other countries such as India and Australia. This has made the Lee Kwan Yew plant popular worldwide and a favorite of many people.

The Lee Kwan Yew plant has been widely used for vertical gardens in offices and high-rise buildings to cover glass walls from sun exposure. Besides being used on office walls, this plant has also started to be used in the formation of residential vertical gardens.

• Root: The roots only rely on the base area. Unlike other creeping plant species, its roots do not spread along the stem nodes.

• Stem: The young stems of this plant are small, long, dangling/pendulous, and hairless, with a thickness of 0.4–0.6 cm, and they will gradually become woody.

• Leaves: The leaves are elliptical-oblong with a size of 2–6.5 cm long and 1–4 cm wide. The leaves of Lee Kwan Yew are also slightly wavy when dry, sharp at the tip and blunt at the base, the base of the leaf nodes is reticular, and it has a curved petiole (leaf stalk) with a diameter of 2 mm.

• Flower: Flowers usually number 5 in one head, the corolla (petals) is 5–6 mm long and is pink on the upper part.

• Propagation: Vegetatively (cuttings).

• Seeding: Propagation using seeds.

• The Lee Kwan Yew plant has the benefit of absorbing air pollution.

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