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Mussaenda erosa

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Champion ex Bentham

Common Names

• Nan teng (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hongkong
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Yunnan - China
• Indo-china Peninsular
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• Myanmar
• Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Forests

Flowering Times

• Feb Apr-Jul (China) Jan (Vietnam)

Fruiting Times

• Sep Sep-Dec (China)

Glabrous climbing or erect shrub with terminal corymbs of orange-yellow flowers, lobes 5mm long, glabrous black berries 13mm x 10mm

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• JAA
• Kew