Morphology: Shrub up to 1-3m. Leaves compound, subcoriaceous or chartaceous, eliptic, brownish and apex acute to acuminate. Inflorescens smooth and crowded with short peduncle. Fruits rounded and red color.
Ecological distribution: Found in tropical America
Morphology: Woody and evergreen shrub, about 2m tall. Leaves leathery, simple, pointed in opposite arragement. Flowers yellow and trumpet-shaped or dom-bell. The seed capsules oval and prickly. All the parts of plants have white milky sap.
Ecological distribution: Distributed well in Peninsular Malaysia. Best growth on lowland forest espescially along riverbank and open area. Highly sensitive to frost.
Morphology: Herbs or shrubs. Semi-deciduous shrub, up to 15 feet tall (4.5 m); grown for its attractive leaves, found in a variety of colors.The slender of flower spikes are red.
Morphology: Leaves sessile, erect, crowded in basal rossete, glaucous-green and succulent. Flowers reddish-yellow, in a racemes, scaly and bract short lanceolate. The fruit is a triangular capsule containing numerous seeds.
Ecology Distribution
It is native to East and South Africa and cultivated in the West Indies and other tropical areas.
Morphology: Rosette of dark green, elongated with sharp leaves and cone-shaped inflorescenes of pale purple or red flowers. Seldom blooms indoors, so no fruit is produced. When they do, the leaves die back. Leaf edges are quite sharp.
Ecology Distribution
Originated in America and widely cultivated in Malay Peninsula.