This small, tender, evergreen shrub is native of New Caledonia and Vanuata in western Polynesia. The leaves are variegated (var. carruthersii), fully green in color (var. reticulatum) or the edges are rimmed in purple and undersides a more pronounced purple (var. atropurpreum). This shrub's green to purplish green foliage are topped by small, trumpet-like flowers of pink or white and magenta.
