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Mussaenda erythrophylla Schumach. & Thonn.
Synonym: Mussaenda splendida Welw.
RUBIACEAE
Local Names : Red Mussaenda.


Flowering Period : December to June.
Distribution : Native of tropical Africa
Uses:   Ornamental
Exotic : Yes.


 An ornamental shrub or tree that can reach a height of 30 ft, though in cultivation ranges from 3 to 10 feet tall. A semi-deciduous rambling shrub with multiple stems, covered with opposite leaves that are medium to dark green, round to ovate. It flowers almost non-stop through the year with several flowers borne in branching terminal panicles. Each flower is composed of a small creamish white corolla that is five-lobed, funnel-shaped with a crimson-red felt center, together with a single roundish-ovate and enlarged bright red sepal (bract).

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