Many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage

• Tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers

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n. tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage

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Columnea is a genus of ca. 200 species of epiphytic herbs and shrubs in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae , native to tropical America and the Caribbean . The tubular or oddly shaped flowers are usually large and brightly colored – usually red, yellow, ...