| Common Name : | Wild mussaenda, Schizomussaenda. |
| Botanical Name : | Mussaenda frondosa |
| Family : | Rubiaceae |
| Photo Taken : | Bangladesh |
Well, the flower I'm going to present today is almost similar to Mussaenda flower. But surprisingly it's not. This flower is known as Schizomussaenda, Wild mussaenda, etc and endemic to the rain forest of China and Eastern Asia and few part of Indian region. One way to distinguish this flower with Mussaenda by its growth habit and the fruits. Botanical name of the plant is Mussaenda frondosa and belongs to the plant family Rubiaceae.
Wild mussaenda (Mussaenda frondosa) is an evergeen shrubby plant that grows well with other plants as a bush. Leafs of the plant are elliptic with deep veins. Plant produces very few white leafs (sepals) around the flower, possibly 4/5 white sepals. Its tubular flower is colored with orange and looks like star from the top. Flowers bloom in a cluster. Plant uses to produce which are oval/round shaped and has a crown like calyx lobes at the rear.
A cluster of Wild mussaenda (Mussaenda frondosa) fruits.
Photos of Wild mussaenda (Mussaenda frondosa) were taken from the following location of Bangladesh:
1. September 2011: Rajkandi, Moulvibazar.
This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icflora.blogspot.com/
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