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Mussaenda Life
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Archaeoplastida >
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Order: Gentianales > Family: Rubiaceae
About 200 species, native to the Old World tropics. Eight
species are cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Mussaenda arcuata
Native to Madagascar. |
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Mussaenda elegans
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Mussaenda erythrophylla (Ashanti blood)
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Mussaenda flava
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Mussaenda frondosa
Native to tropical Asia. |
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Mussaenda incana
Native to India and Nepal. |
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Mussaenda luteola
Native to tropical Africa. |
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Mussaenda treutleri
Native to India. |
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