Mazhar Botanic Garden

Acalypha wilkesiana Mull. Arg

Copperleaf

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000378
English name: Copperleaf
Arabic name: اكاليفا
Native: Vanuatu, Pacific Island
Country: Vanuatu
(PGR): Very common

Evergreen shrub growing to 3 m high attractive foliage which features shiny, coarsely- toothed, oval to elliptic, bronze-green

ornamental plant. used in mixed hedges and shrub borders and as a specimen shrub

Acalypha tricolor

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Fertility: High
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Stem cuttings at any time of year.
Flowering time: Autumn
Zone: 10

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