Purple false eranthemum is a hairless
shrub from Polynesia, which grows to 7 feet in height, with rose-purple
or white and purple flowers. Corolla tube usually rich purple, the petals rich
pink with paler mottling or white, the throat purple-spotted; filaments and
style often purple-tinged. Leaves variegated with purple or green and white.
Pseuderanthemum is a genus of about 60 species of herbs and shrubs native to
the tropical regions of the world. The name is from the Greek pseudo, false,
and Eranthemum, the genus in which these plants were formerly placed. So,
they are commonly called false eranthemums. Var. carruthersii
encompasses both green-leaved wild plants and a cultivated form with
ovate, coarsely wrinkled or net-veined-surfaced leaves with a prominent
yellow zone in the central area of the blade; both forms have flowers
that are white speckled with red. Var. atropurpureum has smooth,
rather waxy-textured leaves heavily marked with deep red and purple,
and corollas that are pink-spotted or blotched with red.
Photographed in Delhi.
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