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The Acalypha (yellow green leaf type shrub)

(Acalypha wilkinsiana)

Acalypha leaf Image 1,2: Leaf
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This plant has very reflective yellow green leaves in various color pattern. The plant can grow 2 to 3 m high and spread about 2 m wide as single shrubs in parks, in large gardens or along the roadside.
The leaves can be quite large at some of the shrubs. The leaf shown in image 1 is 21 cm long and 14.5 cm wide and comes from an acalypha shrub, growing in a tropical climate.

  
Acalypha flower Image 3,4: Flower
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The flowers of the acalypha are relatively small and are growing at the top or near the top of the shrub branches in the form of several flower bunches. Lengths of the flower bunches shown here are about 6 cm.
 
Note:  1 cm = 0.4 inch ;   1 m = 3.3 feet

 
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