Cephaleuros virescens

Cephaleuros virescens is a plant pathogen infecting tea, coffee and coconut. It's red colour due to red pigment called haematochrome. It lacks chlorophyll pigment 'a' but have only chlorophyll 'b' thus photosynthesis is absent.

Cephaleuros virescens

Cephaleuros virescens is a plant pathogen infecting tea, coffee and coconut. It's red colour due to red pigment called haematochrome. It lacks chlorophyll pigment 'a' but have only chlorophyll 'b' thus photosynthesis is absent.