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Mussaenda tenuiflora

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Gulf of Guinea Islands
• Liberia
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Roadside

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Nov

Liana or tree with hispid leaves 150mm x 80mm, yellow flowers 32mm long in terminal or subterminal cymes, hispid calyx 6mm long with white lobes or bracts to 100mm long, corolla hispid outside,yellow corolla limb 12mm diameter throat with yellow hairs, orange hispid fruit to 15mm long crowned with calyx teeth

Further References

• Mobot
• Welw
• The Plant List 2
• FOTA
• Kew