Graptophyllum

Description

Graptophyllum is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae. The genus "Graptophyllum" is derived from the Greek word for inscribed ("graptos") and the Latin word for leaf ("phyllon"). The reference is to the leaves typical of species in this genus which look like they were painted. They are evergreen shrubs with opposite leaves, whole or jagged. Pedicelled flowers, red or purple, terminal or solitary in axillary panicles; bracts shorter than the calyx, bracing them very small. Cylindrical-tubular corolla, curved tube. The fruit in capsule, with the seeds produced in the form of a hook, compressed, orbicular.