Mussaenda erythrophylla

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names
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Read about Mussaenda erythrophylla in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Mussaenda erythrophylla, Schum. & Thonn. Climber or trailer (or apparently sometimes erect), 30-40 ft., the shoots pubescent: lvs. ovate, acuminate, about 6 in. long, with about 10 lateral veins either side the midrib: fls. to 1 ½ in. long, in dense pedunculate cymes; calyx-tube very short, the lobes red and hirsute and one of them usually produced into a bright vermilion roundish lf. 2-4 in. long; corolla-tube cylindrical, red-hairy, the rounded apiculate lobes white or yellowish inside: fr. nearly or quite 1 in. long, egg-shaped, red-hairy. Trop. Afr. B.M. 8222. G.C. III. 50:91. Gn.W. 4:553. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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