Definition
Any of various tropical plants with deep red or blood-red colored leaves, such as certain iresine or acalypha species popular in ornamental gardening.
Etymology
Compound of 'blood' (Old English blōd) + 'leaf' (Old English lēaf); a descriptive name based on the plant's distinctive dark-red foliage.
Kelly Says
Bloodleaf plants developed their intense red leaf color as a defense mechanism—the red pigments (anthocyanins) absorb excess sunlight in tropical understories where too much light actually damages leaves, so the red color is like built-in sunscreen for the plant.
Translations
ARالعربية
ورقة دم
war-qa dam
BNবাংলা
রক্তপত্র
rak-ta-patr
CACatalà
fulles de sang
ful-les deh san-g
CSČeština
krevní list
krev-ni list
DADansk
blodblade
blod-blad-eh
DEDeutsch
Blutblatt
bloot-blat
ELΕλληνικά
φυλλο αίματος
fyllo ay-ma-tohs
ESEspañol
hoja de sangre
o-ha deh san-grr-eh
FAفارسی
برگ خون
berg khoon
FISuomi
verilehti
ve-ri-leh-ti
FRFrançais
feuille de sang
fwe-y duh san
GUGU
રક્તપત્ર
rak-ta-patr
HAHA
gidan jini
gee-dan jee-nee
HIहिन्दी
रक्तपत्र
rak-ta-patr
HUMagyar
vérlevel
ver-le-vel
IDBahasa Indonesia
daun darah
daun da-rah
ITItaliano
foglia di sangue
foh-lee-ah dee san-ghoo
KKKK
көк жапырақ
kok ja-py-raq
MRMR
रक्ताची पाने
rak-ta-chee pa-ne
MSBahasa Melayu
daun darah
daun da-rah
MYမြန်မာ
ရွှေ ပြုံ
shwe p-yoon
NLNederlands
bloedblad
bloed-blad
NONorsk
blodplante
blod-plan-teh
PAPA
ਖੂਨੀ ਪੱਤੇ
khooni pat-teh
PLPolski
liść krwi
lishch krov-i
PTPortuguês
folha de sangue
fol-ha deh san-ghoo
RORomână
frunză de sânge
fru-n-za deh san-ghe
RUРусский
лист крови
list krovi
SVSvenska
blodört
blod-ort
SWKiswahili
majani ya damu
ma-ja-ni ya da-mu
TAதமிழ்
இரத்தப்பை
irath-pa-i
TEతెలుగు
రక్తపత్రం
rak-ta-patram
TLTL
dahon ng dugo
dah-on ng doo-go
TRTürkçe
kan yaprağı
kan ya-prah-gee
UKУкраїнська
листя крові
lystya krovyi
URاردو
خونی پتی
khooni pat-ee
VITiếng Việt
lá máu
la mau
ZUZU
isilwane
ee-see-l-wa-neh