Acalypha grandis Benth.

A shrub. It grows 3-4 m high. The leaves are oval to heart shaped and can be flat or crinkled. They are about 15 cm long. They have a long leaf stalk. The leaves can have 2 or 3 colours with white or red. The edges of the leaves have teeth. The flowers are in feather like heads that are 10 cm long. The fruit is a hairy capsule.

Primary and secondary forests, coastal and lowland thickets, stream banks, and in regrowth along lava flows, at elevations up to 150 metres. Common around houses.

The tips of the stalks are boiled and eaten as a vegetable.

Plants can be grown from seeds or cuttings. It can be planted as a hedge.