Mussaenda glabrata (Hk. f.) Hutch. ex Gamble

 
  • Family : RUBIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Rubiaceae
  • Species : Mussaenda glabrata
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Mussaenda glabrata (Hook.f.) Hutch. ex Gamble
  • Key identification features : a climbing shrub; branchlets nearly glabrous except at nodes. Leaves broadly elliptic, shortly acuminate at apex. Flowers orange-red, in terminal and axillary cymes. Berry subglobose or obovoid, nearly glabrous
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments : Frequent in forests of Western Ghats.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Bangalore, Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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