You receive: One live Purple Mukunuwenna plant in a 70 mm pot

Botanical name: Alternanthera versicolor

Common names: Purple Mukunuwenna, Red Mukunuwenna

Category: Asian Vegetables

Grow your own fresh Mukunuwenna for the kitchen. This colourful leafy vegetable has green and purple foliage, with tender young leaves and shoots used in Sri Lankan cooking, including traditional mallung and cooked vegetable dishes.

Suitable for garden beds and pots, it enjoys plenty of moisture. Regular harvesting encourages branching and fresh growth.

Growing guide

• Light: Sun to partial shade.

• Soil: Moist, fertile soil.

• Watering: Keep consistently moist, especially during hot weather.

• Harvesting: Pick tender shoot tips and young leaves, leaving enough foliage for continued growth.

• Propagation: Grow new plants from healthy stem cuttings.

It can also grow around pond edges with wet roots and leaves above water. It is unsuitable for permanent, fully submerged aquarium planting.

You receive: One pot of live Purple Mukunuwenna.

Plant size, fullness and leaf colour vary with season and growing conditions.