Catch Me If You Can (Acalypha amentacea)
Description
Acalypha amentacea is an evergreen shrub, sometimes becoming more tree-like, usually growing around 2 metres tall.The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is grown as a hedge and oramental, valued for its attractive, rather curved and coarsely crisped, dark or bright red, red-green, or green leaves, which are often mottled or variegated with various shades of red, dark pink, white, or bronzy green.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Euphorbiaceae
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Genus: Acalypha
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