Alternanthera ficoidea

(Hidayat, 2017)

Classification of  Alternanthera ficoidea (L) P. Beauv
Regnum  : Plantae
Divisio    : Magnoliophyta
Classis    : Magnoliopsida
Ordo       : Caryophyllales
Familia   : Amaranthaceae
Genus     : Alternanthera
Spesies   : Alternanthera ficoidea (L) P. Beauv

Synonim : Gomphrena ficoidea L., Sp.

Description

Spreading to ascending woody herb; young stems rooting at nodes, either glabrous or densely pubescent all-round or in 2 lines. Petiole less than 1 cm long; blade ovate to elliptical, 2-9 x 0.5-4 cm, apex acute to acuminate, mucronulate, cuneate at base, glabrous to sparsely pubescent, becoming glabrescent, hairs simple or branched near base. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, sessile heads; heads globose, 3-10 mm wide; bracts and bracteoles white, hyaline, spreading, subequal, ovate to elliptic-lanceolate, 1.5-3.5 mm long, acuminate, aristate, pubescent. Tepals rigid, ovate to elliptical, 3.7-4.5(-5) mm long, acuminate, mucronate or cuspidate, brown to green below, becoming white above, hispidulous, prominently 3-veined, inner 2 tepals navicular; anthers oblong, pseudostaminodia longer than stamens, fimbriate or lacerate apically; style slender, ca. 0.3 mm long, stigma capitate. Utricle ovoid or suborbicular; seed dark reddish-brown, lenticular or cochleate, 1 x 1 mm (Sylvia Mota de Oliveira, tanpa tahun)

Spot Characters
Small wavy leaves with mixed red and green colors

Benefit 
Ornamental Plant

Distribution 
Tropical and subtropical Asia

Location 
Building A FPMIPA UPI

Local Name 
Jukut Jatinangor