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Common name: Purple false eranthemum, False eranthemum, Graptophyllum
Botanical name: Pseuderanthemum carruthersii Family: Acanthaceae (ruellia family)
Smooth 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.
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