| Synonyms: |
Mussaenda luteola Delile |
| Common names: | Small flag bush (English) |
| Description: | Shrub to 3.6 m tall. Stipules with 2 filiform lobes. Calyx: tube narrowly turbinate, 3 mm long; lobes 5-6, often with one enlarged into a white or cream, pubescent calycophyll, 1.5-5.5 cm long, white or cream. Corolla yellow; throat with orange-yellow hairs; lobes 4.8 mm, the apex with a filiform appendage. Capsule oblong, woody, 7 mm long. |
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| Derivation of specific name: | flava: yellow |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda and the DRC. |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Literature: |
Bridson, D.M. & Verdcourt, B. (2003). Rubiaceae, Part 3 Flora Zambesiaca 5(3) Page 438. |