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Aeschynanthus fulgens

Aeschynanthus fulgens
Photo: Willow Coville, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Grows as
Climber, Epiphyte
Native range
Assam to Pen. Malaysia (Kedah)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aeschynanthus fulgens is an Asian species of plants in the family Gesneriaceae and tribe Trichosporeae, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. A common name for this and similar species in the genus is "lipstick vine"; its name in Vietnamese is má dào Everard.

The plant is a trailing epiphyte, with orange-red flowers approximately 70 mm long and slightly pubescent.

Other Aeschynanthus plants

Aeschynanthus acuminatissimus · Aeschynanthus acuminatus · Aeschynanthus albidus · Aeschynanthus amboinensis · Aeschynanthus buxifolius · Aeschynanthus hispidus · Parasite Blushwort · Aeschynanthus horsfieldii · Aeschynanthus hosseusii · Aeschynanthus humilis · Aeschynanthus impar · Aeschynanthus intraflavus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aeschynanthus fulgens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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