Red Leea is a very attractive shrub with decorative foliage and large groups
of colourful flowers with petals which are bright red outside and yellowish
inside, followed by black fruit. This plant is a tropical erect shrub. The
specific name "rubra" fits it perfectly: the plant has red all over - leaves,
petioles with a reddish tinge, red buds and flowers. It is a 1.8-2.5 m tall
shrub with composite leaves and a thick foliage. The leaves are beautiful per
se, and most people cultivate this species for the foliage. But it also has
eye-catching red blooms.
Identification credit: Ajinkya Gadave
Photographed at Sagar Upwan, Mumbai.
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