Shape | Upright. |
Landscape | Containers, indoor and outdoor, specimen plant, colour accent, and mass planting.
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Propagation | Stem cuttings, air layering, and tissue culture. |
Cultivation | Prefers a rich, well-drained soil. |
Pests | Dark winged fungus gnat, long tailed mealybug, spider mites, Boisduval scale, thrips, rugose spiraling whitefly, aphids, snails, slugs, saddleback caterpillar, stinging nettle caterpillar, coconut mealybug.
Fusarium stem and root rot, Cercospora leaf spot, Phytophthora leaf spot, southern light, Erwinia blight. |
Notable Specimens | Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, Florida, United States of America. |
Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
Leaf Description | Evergreen, elliptic in shape, 25 cm long and 10 cm wide, and glossy. New leaves are a paler green, and older leaves are dark green with red margins. It has parallel veins and red petioles. |
Flower Description | Pinkish flowers are 1 cm long and are borne on short stalks of a panicle. |
Fruit Description | Small round berries. |