Acanthaceae
Caricature-plant
Graptophyllum pictum
- Family
- Acanthaceae
- Genus
- Graptophyllum
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Common names
By language (13)
- ban
- Temen
- Chinese
- 彩叶木
- English
- Caricature-plant
- gor
- Dingilo meela
- Indonesian
- Daun ungu
- Japanese
- クロトンモドキ
- Javanese
- Handeuleum
- mad
- Karotong
- Malay
- Pokok Handeuleum
- Portuguese
- Planta-caricata
- Sundanese
- Handeuleum
- Tamil
- கிராப்டோபில்லம் பிக்டம்
- Thai
- ใบเงินใบทอง
Synonyms
- Graptophyllum hortense Nees
- Graptophyllum hortense var. luridosanguineum (Sims) Chitt.
- Graptophyllum hortense var. rubrum Hassk.
- Graptophyllum hortense var. viride Hassk.
- Graptophyllum medioauratum Linden ex K.Koch
- Graptophyllum nortonii Van Geert
- Graptophyllum pictum var. album Blume
- Graptophyllum pictum var. luridosanguineum (Sims) M.R.Almeida
- Graptophyllum pictum var. luridosanguineum (Sims) Bremek. & Backer
- Graptophyllum pictum var. viride (Hassk.) Bremek. & Backer
- Graptophyllum picturatum W.Bull
- Graptophyllum versicolor Veitch ex J.Dix
- Justicia carayana F.Newman ex Nees
- Justicia klotzschiana Hoffm. ex Nees
- Justicia nitida Nees
- Justicia picta L.
- Justicia picta var. luridosanguinea Sims
- Justicia violacea Noronha
- Marama picta (L.) Raf.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Obsidian Soul, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.