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Graptophyllum pictum (caricature-plant)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Graptophyllum pictum (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.
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Infraspecies

Graptophyllum pictum var. luridosanguineum
Graptophyllum pictum var. pictum
Graptophyllum pictum var. viride

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Shrub

Predators

Ceroplastes cirripediformis (barnacle scale)[2]
Doleschallia bisaltide (Autumn leaf butterfly)[3]
Howardia biclavis (mining scale)[2]
Hypolimnas alimena (Bluebanded butterfly)[3]
Saissetia coffeae (brown scale)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0