Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea'
Akeake







Quick-growing, upright tree, bushy to the ground. Long, narrow, purple-bronze leaves. Very tough, tolerating sub-zero temperatures, salt-laden winds, drought, and polluted atmospheres. Yellow-green to red-green flowers from late-winter to mid-summer.
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Family: Sapindaceae, soapberry family, a family of flowering trees, lianas, and herbaceous plants that occur in many temperate and tropical regions. Learn more about Sapindaceae.
Genus: Dodonaea, dodonaea (Latinised), named after the Flemish physician and botanist Rembert Dodoens (1517 - 1585), who has been referred to as the father of botany. Commonly known as hopbush, a genus of flowering shrubs and small trees native to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of Africa, the Americas, southern Asia, and Australasia.
Species: Dodonaea viscosa, viscōsa (Latin, adjective), meaning 'viscous, sticky', in reference to the young leaves of this species that are covered with a sticky secretion that hardens with age.
Cultivar: Dodonaea viscosa 'Purpurea'
Common Name: Akeake
Other Common Name(s): Hopbush