Acalypha wilkesiana Muell. Jacobs Coat Copperleaf or Beefsteak Plant A shrub eventually 2-3m tall, with ovate-acuminate brownish-purple leaves, often edged or streaked with pink or yellow, native of Polynesia and Fiji. Flowers reddish-brown, inconspicuous. The following old named cultivars are recognized by their leaves.

Acalypha wilkesiana 'Macrophylla' leaves ovate, cordate, reddish-brown, introduced in 1876.