Mussaenda tomentosa
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- November-August
How to identify Mussaenda tomentosa
Identify Mussaenda tomentosa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Rubiaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mussaenda tomentosa.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Tomentose (woolly, matted hairs)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mussaenda tomentosa itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Cyme
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Mussaenda tomentosa itself; the rest are typical of the Rubiaceae family — flowering plants only.
About Mussaenda tomentosa
A member of the Rubiaceae family, Mussaenda tomentosa is a shrub. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to August.
Rubiaceae
Coffee/Madder family
Mussaenda tomentosa belongs to the Rubiaceae family.
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