Acalypha wilkesiana

Acalypha wilkesiana

  • Acalypha wilkesiana
  • Acalypha wilkesiana
  • Acalypha wilkesiana
  • Acalypha wilkesiana
  • Flower name
    Acalypha wilkesiana
  • Scientific name
    Acalypha wilkesiana
  • Aliasアカリファ, 錦アカリファ, acalypha, コッパーリーフ, Jacob's coat
  • Place of originhorticultural variety(New Britain Island)
  • Place of floweringGarden, Greenhouse, Botanical Gardens, Subtropical region, Horticultural species, Okinawa
  • Flowering seasonApril, May, June

What is Acalypha wilkesiana

Acalypha wilkesiana (scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana) is a horticultural variety of Acalypha wilkesiana, an evergreen shrub of the genus Acalypha, native to New Britain Island. It is. It is also known by its English name, Copperleaf, and its scientific name, Acalypha wilkesiana, because of its beautiful reddish-bronze color spots. The small flowers grow from the axils of the leaves in a corm-like inflorescence and bloom from the bottom to the top. The flowers are bracts that look like flowers, but have no petals.

Common name: Acalypha wilkesiana, scientific name: Acalypha wilkesiana, Copperleaf, Acalypha wilkesiana, Jacob's coat, height: 2 to 3 m, leaf color: reddish copper Leaf texture: glossy; leaf shape: elliptic to broadly ovate; leaf length: 20 cm; inflorescence: alternate; leaf margin: serrate; leaf tip: caudate; inflorescence shape: acicular; flower color: red; flowering season: April to June; uses: hedge, color leaf, houseplant.


  • Order
    Malpighiales
  • Family
    Euphorbiaceae
  • Genus
    Acalypha
  • Species
    A. wilkesiana
  • Type of flower
    Radial symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Spikelet inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    without
  • Leaf type
    Oval
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typeEvergreen shrub
  • Flower colors
  • Colors of the leavesOther
  • Fruit color
  • Height200.0 ~ 300.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower0.2 ~ 0.4 cm

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