Mussaenda philippica A.Rich. Rubiaceae

Abstract

Evergreen shrub or small tree, 3-5 m tall (Fig. 1). Leaves opposite, oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, dark green, glossy, ca. 21 cm  8 cm, pubescent; short-pointed tips and base; stipules 4 mm long; veins prominent. Flowers small in terminal, hairy cymes, tubelike, ovate lobes, yellowish-orange, 5 sepals, at least one sepal much enlarged and colored, usually white to apricot (Fig. 2b); some cultivars sepals may be enlarged. Calyx ca. 7 mm long, with four of the teeth as long as the tube, one very