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Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers

Synonym: Pseudomussaenda lanceolata (Forssk.) Wernham, Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk.

RUBIACEAE

Local Names : Egyptian Star Cluster.

Flowering Period : May to January.

Distribution : Native of tropical Africa

Uses:   Ornamental.

Exotic : Yes.

 Shrubs, branches covered with long appressed hairs. Leaves opposite, lanceolate. Inflorescence a corymb. Calyx hairy; 5-lobed, one is generally expanded in a yellow leaf-like structure. Corolla pale yellow, 5-lobed, lobes ovate and accuminate; style divided into two stigmatic lobes. Fruit an oblong capsule, 2-valved.