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Erose Mussaenda is a climbing shrub with golden yellow flowers. The "snow flakes" are metamorphosed leaves. The golden yellow corolla is an attractive pentagram. The apical cymous inflorescence is also very pretty. Vine and root of this plant can be used to treat diseases like Cold, Bronchitis, Enteritis, Pharyngitis, Tonsilltitis, Nephritis, metrorrhagia etc.. This photo was captured alongside a nature trail on Sai San, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.
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Photo taken at the Zoological & Botanical Garden, Hong Kong
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Vine and root of this plant can be used to treat diseases like Cold, Bronchitis, Enteritis, Pharyngitis, Tonsilltitis, Nephritis, metrorrhagia etc.. This photo was captured alongside a nature trail on Sai San, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.
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Please note that the 'White leaves' of this plant is in fact lobed sepals that rest just beneath the golden flowers. The golden flowers though small yet very eye-catching and graceful under the sun. This plant is easily mix-up with Erose Mussaenda (Mussaenda erosa) where as Splash-of-white has soft hair at the back of its leaves. Vine and root of this plant can be used to treat diseases like Cold, Bronchitis, Enteritis, Pharyngitis, Tonsilltitis, Nephritis, metrorrhagia etc.. This photo was captured alongside a nature trail on Sai San, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong. This photo was taken by the side of the hill at the back of Mayfair Garden, Tsing Yi, Hong Kong.
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Photo taken at the Tai Po Waterfront Park, Hong Kong.
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Please note that the 'Red leaves' are sepals which are very thin and semi-transparent. The flowers are small high on top. This photo was taken in the Zoological & Botanical Garden here in Hong Kong.
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Of west African origin, but widely planted under names such as Ashanti Blood. Identification complicated by cultivars. Photo from Sarawak.
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Photo taken in the Zoological & Botanical Garden, Hong Kong.
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The flower is the small yellow bloom. The whitish pink part is a leaf, or bract.Common names for this tropical plant are Ashanti Blood, Red Flag Bush and Tropical Dogwood.
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Mussaenda arcuata (Rubiaceae) alongside the road up to Tsetserra in Mozambique.
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Jeniang Kedah, Malaysia.
Mussaenda frondosa L.. Rubiaceae. CN: [Malay - Balik adap, Adap-adap], Mussaenda. Native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental. Large and colorful, ovate, leaf-like sepals (to 7 cm long) that provide the real showy ornamental display. Plant used in traditional medicine to cure various ailments.Synonym(s):
Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam.
Mussaenda belilla Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda dovinia Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda flavescens Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda formosa L.
Mussaenda fruticosa L.
Mussaenda ingrata Wall. Ex Hook. F.
Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz [Illegitimate]
Mussaenda sumatrensis B. Heyne Ex Roth
Mussaenda tomentosa Wight Ex Hook. F. [Illegitimate]
Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. Ex Hook. F. [Illegitimate]Ref and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Database
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24774zipcodezoo.com/Plants/M/Mussaenda_frondosa/
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Janda Kaya is native to Indonesia, with this photo from central Sumatra. Now mainly found in gardens.
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Jeniang Kedah, Malaysia.
Mussaenda frondosa L.. Rubiaceae. CN: [Malay - Balik adap, Adap-adap], Mussaenda. Native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental. Large and colorful, ovate, leaf-like sepals (to 7 cm long) that provide the real showy ornamental display. Plant used in traditional medicine to cure various ailments.Synonym(s):
Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam.
Mussaenda belilla Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda dovinia Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda flavescens Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda formosa L.
Mussaenda fruticosa L.
Mussaenda ingrata Wall. Ex Hook. F.
Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz [Illegitimate]
Mussaenda sumatrensis B. Heyne Ex Roth
Mussaenda tomentosa Wight Ex Hook. F. [Illegitimate]
Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. Ex Hook. F. [Illegitimate]Ref and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Database
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24774zipcodezoo.com/Plants/M/Mussaenda_frondosa/
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Jeniang Kedah, Malaysia.
Mussaenda frondosa L.. Rubiaceae. CN: [Malay - Balik adap, Adap-adap], Mussaenda. Native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia; elsewhere cultivated as ornamental. Large and colorful, ovate, leaf-like sepals (to 7 cm long) that provide the real showy ornamental display. Plant used in traditional medicine to cure various ailments.Synonym(s):
Gardenia frondosa (L.) Lam.
Mussaenda belilla Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda dovinia Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda flavescens Buch. -Ham.
Mussaenda formosa L.
Mussaenda fruticosa L.
Mussaenda ingrata Wall. Ex Hook. F.
Mussaenda macrophylla Kurz [Illegitimate]
Mussaenda sumatrensis B. Heyne Ex Roth
Mussaenda tomentosa Wight Ex Hook. F. [Illegitimate]
Mussaenda villosa Schltdl. Ex Hook. F. [Illegitimate]Ref and suggested reading:FRIM Flora Database
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?24774zipcodezoo.com/Plants/M/Mussaenda_frondosa/
