🟣 The only color-changing plant in catalog. Moderate light = green. High light = reddish-purple. Reversible — increase light, purple returns; decrease light, fades to green.
🇮🇳 Indian native. Found in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal rice paddies. Aromatic stems. Culinary herb in SE Asian cooking. Non-toxic to all aquarium life.
🌱 Three Keys
Fine whorled leaves: Most texturally complex leaf in catalog. Moves visibly with gentle sponge filter circulation. Fine pinnate divisions accumulate biofilm for shrimp.
Colour contrast: Reddish-purple Limnophila + Anubias Coffeefolia broad corrugated leaves = strongest leaf-texture and colour contrast from two catalog plants.
Betta colour harmony: Reddish-purple plant + orange Nemo Betta / Red CT Betta = warm complementary colour pairing unique in catalog.
Propagation: Trim top 8–10cm; replant cutting. Prolific side shoots from original stem after trimming. 1 portion → 15+ stems in 3–4 trimming cycles.
