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Chenille plant is an evergreen, sparsely branched shrub native to New Guinea and the Malay Archipelago. The red pistillate flowers are greatly reduced; mostly feathery pistils, but the flowers are tightly packed along a pendant raceme. The male plants are not showy; consequently, the chenille plants in general cultivation are all females.

Chenille plant

Acalypha hispida

chenille plant