Magenta Leaf Plant(Lá Cẩm) – Peristrophe roxburghiana

Popular in Southeast Asian cooking to color sweet rice and other deserts. The leaves and branches are boiled to make a broth with beautiful magenta color. This broth can be used right away, or can be frozen for later use. Magenta plant grows fast in semi-shade to provide lots of leaves year round. The plant blooms a few times a year, with magenta-color flowers. It makes a beautiful hanging basket for indoor or outdoor. Harvest often to encourage branching