- Family:
- Rubiaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Mussaenda Burm. ex L.
Mussaenda frondosa L.

Native to:
Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., India, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Nepal, New Guinea, Nicobar Is., Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
Introduced into:
China Southeast, Hainan, Queensland
- 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
- Mussaenda sericea Blume
- Mussaenda sumatrensis Roth
- Mussaenda zollingeriana Klotzsch
Mussaenda frondosa L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Feb 1, 2010 | Wahyudin [WN 2], Sumatera | K000576332 | No | ||
Hunt, P.F. [2806], Solomon Is. | 30193.000 | No | |||
Wight, R. [1267], India | K000031986 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Wight, R. [1267], India | K000031987 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Hooker, J.D. [6250], India | K000031988 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Johns, R.J. [9024], Indonesia | 72640.000 | No | |||
s.coll. [s.n.], Kiribati Line Is. | K000740951 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6250], Nepal | K001123432 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123426 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6250], Nepal | K001123430 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123424 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250], India | K001123433 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123427 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123423 | Yes | |||
De Silva, F. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123429 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123434 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123435 | Yes | |||
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 6250], Nepal | K001123431 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123428 | Yes | |||
s.coll. [Cat. no. 6250] | K001123425 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 177 (1753)
Accepted by
- Friedmann, F. (1994). Flore des Seychelles Dicotylédones: 1-663. ORSTOM éditions.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Kitalong, A.H., DeMeo, R.A. & Holm, T. (2008). Native Trees Palau. A field guide: 1-236.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Shimpale, V.B., Yadav, S.R. & Babu, C.R. (2009). A review of the genus Mussaenda (Rubiaceae) from Great Nicobar island, India, including a new species Rheedea 19: 53-57.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (2014- continuously updated). Atlas of Living Australia http://www.ala.org.au/.
- Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1979). A geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 15: 41-295.
- Girmansyah, D. & al. (eds.) (2013). Flora of Bali an annotated checklist: 1-158. Herbarium Bogorensis, Indonesia.
- H?, P.-H. (2000). Câyc? Vi?tnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam, ed. 2, 3: 1-1020. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.
- Mostaph, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Ruhsam, M. (2005). Survey of all the Rubiaceae specimens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Sinha, B.K. (1999). Flora of Great Nicobar Island: 1-525. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Wu, Z., Raven, P.H. & Hong, D. (eds.) (2011). Flora of China 19: 1-884. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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