Mussaenda erythrophylla: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Gentianales
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Mussaenda
- Species
- Mussaenda erythrophylla
- Scientific Name
- Mussaenda erythrophylla
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Mussaenda erythrophylla
Mussaenda erythrophylla, commonly known as Ashanti blood, red flag bush and tropical dogwood, is an evergreen West African shrub. The bracts of the shrub may have different shades, including red, rose, white, pale pink or some mixtures. Mussaenda erythrophylla grows best in warmly temperate or subtropical areas and is semideciduous in cooler parts. In its natural habitat the shrub may scramble up to 10 m (33 ft), but is kept compact under cultivation. The star-like flowers of the shrub are 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter and have a single, modified sepal.
The caterpillars of the Commander (Limenitis procris), a brush-footed butterfly, utilize this species as a foodplant.
...Mussaenda erythrophylla in languages:
- Chinese
- 紅葉金花
- Chinese
- 紅紙扇
- English
- Red-leaved Mussaenda
- Japanese
- ヒゴロモコンロンカ
- Portuguese
- Mussaenda-vermelha
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Mussaenda afzelii
- Mussaenda arcuata
- Mussaenda chippii
- Mussaenda debeauxii
- Mussaenda elegans
- Mussaenda elliptica
- Mussaenda epiphytica
- Mussaenda erosa
- Mussaenda erythrophylla
- Mussaenda formosanum
- Mussaenda frondosa
- Mussaenda glabra
- Mussaenda glabrata
- Mussaenda grandiflora
- Mussaenda hainanensis
- Mussaenda hirsutissima
- Mussaenda hossei
- Mussaenda incana
- Mussaenda isertiana
- Mussaenda kwangtungensis
- Mussaenda laxa
- Mussaenda luteola
- Mussaenda macrophylla
- Mussaenda maingayi
- Mussaenda microdonta
- Mussaenda monticola
- Mussaenda nannanii
- Mussaenda parviflora
- Mussaenda parvifolia
- Mussaenda philippica
- Mussaenda pilosissima
- Mussaenda pubescens
- Mussaenda raiateensis
- Mussaenda reinwardtiana
- Mussaenda rivularis
- Mussaenda roxburghii
- Mussaenda sanderiana
- Mussaenda shikokiana
- Mussaenda tenuiflora
- Mussaenda tomentosa
- Mussaenda tristigmatica
- Mussaenda uniflora






























































































































































