In Singapore: Purple False Eranthemum, Yellow-Veined Eranthemum, Gold-Veined Eranthemum, Golden Net-Bush, El Dorado Eranthemum, Speckled Eranthemum (Cultivated in Singapore)
Golden pseuderanthemum is an evergreen shrub from the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, grown mainly for its variegated green, purple and silver leaves. It does best in warm, humid conditions with bright light but no harsh direct sun.
Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist in the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich potting mix.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Solomon Is. to Vanuatu
Climate
wet tropical
About
Pseuderanthemum maculatum, commonly known as yellow-vein eranthemum or golden pseuderanthemum, is a species of evergreen shrub in the family Acanthaceae. It is native to the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and has been introduced to other islands of Oceania and to some parts of Southeast Asia, Africa, Central America and South America.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pseuderanthemum maculatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.