The name Acalypha comes from a Greek word which means nettle as the leaves look like nettle.
Common names
Copper leaf plant
Jacob's coat
Fire dragon plant
Match me if you can
It's a sun tolerant, low maintenance plant.
It is one of the colourful foliage plant
The foliages comes with different color combination of green, white, copper, crimson.
Some varieties come with tricolour.
Should be planted in a sunny spot to bring out the best color.
The blooms are called catkins.
Male and female flowers appear on the same plant.
Ointment made using this plant is used to treat fungal skin diseases.
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