8238.000 Mussaenda L.

Description of the genus

Shrubs, climbing shrubs or lianes. Stipules (in ours) entire to 2-fid, caducous. Flowers borne in terminal panicles. Calyx turbinate to ellipsoid; lobes 5, dentate. Corolla tube cylindric or narrowly funnel-shaped; lobes 5. Anthers 5. Ovary 2(-4)-locular. Fruit (in ours) indehiscent, spherical or ellipsoid.

Worldwide: 100 species in the Old World tropics.

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arcuata Lam. ex Poir.N,Z,T,MS,GIDescription, Image

Other sources of information about Mussaenda:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Mussaenda
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Mussaenda
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Mussaenda
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Mussaenda
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Mussaenda
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Mussaenda

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Stefaan Dondeyne 2007-13

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Dondeyne, S. (2013). Flora of Mozambique: Genus page: Mussaenda.
http://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=1373, retrieved 26 May 2013

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