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Mussaenda frondosa
Also called Wild Mussaenda
Mussaenda frondosa, the wild mussaenda or Bangkok rose, is a shrub or scandent climber in the coffee family, grown for its large white bract among clusters of orange-yellow flowers. It thrives in warm, humid conditions with bright light and well-drained, fertile soil.
Mussaenda frondosa, commonly known as the wild mussaenda or dhobi tree, is a plant of family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub that grows to about 1.5–2 m (4 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) tall. Like most other Mussaenda species, they have a bract beneath their flowers, which in this species is white in colour.
Mussaenda frondosa is native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is found on Nilgiri slopes to elevations of 6,000 ft (1,800 m). Justus Carl Hasskarl recorded its presence in recently cleared land in Java.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mussaenda frondosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
