Graptophyllum pictum

Graptophyllum pictum, the caricature-plant, is a shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to New Guinea, also a well-known garden shrub. There are two varieties: the variegated color one is known as 'white adulsa', and is used combined with coconut water to reduce swelling. The dark-leaved variety is known with trade name 'black adulsa' in India.

Graptophyllum pictum
Graptophyllum pictum (artist:M. Hart)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Graptophyllum
Species:
G. pictum
Binomial name
Graptophyllum pictum
Synonyms

Justicia picta L.

Leaf morphology

The shape of the leaf is aristate. The margin of the leaf is undulate. The venation of the leaf is reticulate in the variegated form.

A group of plants of this species in the Andromeda Botanic Gardens, Barbados
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References

     This article incorporates text from Pharmacographica indica, a publication from now in the public domain in the United States.


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