About Mussaenda frondosa L.
Mussaenda frondosa L. is a plant that typically grows as a shrub, but can also grow as a climbing vine. It has pale green, oval leaves, and produces clusters of orange-yellow tubular flowers. Each flower has five sepals, and one of these sepals is enlarged into a white structure that looks like a petal. After flowering, the plant develops berries. It has an erect, branching stem that forms a shrubby upper growth. This species is native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It grows on the slopes of the Nilgiri mountains at elevations up to 6,000 ft (1,800 m). Justus Carl Hasskarl recorded that the species grows on recently cleared land in Java.
