Shrub to about 2 m tall. Leaves elliptic, to about 15 cm long with irregular cream, yellow or white marbling.
New Guinea, but widely naturalised in SE Asia
Source: (2002). Acanthaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Leaves variegated with white in the centre.
Leaves variegated with yellow in the centre.