Mussaenda frondosa

Mussaenda frondosa, commonly known as the wild mussaenda or dhobi tree, is a plant of family Rubiaceae. It is a shrub that grows to about 1.5-2 m tall. Like most other Mussaenda species, they have a bract beneath their flowers, which in this species is white in colour.

Description
The shrub may also grow as a scandent climber. The flowers are clusters of orange-yellow tubular flowers with one of their five sepals enlarged into a white petal-like form, set among pale green, oval leaves; berries follow the bloom. The erect, branching stem has a shrubby crown.

Distribution
Mussaenda frondosa is native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. It is found on Nilgiri slopes at elevations of 6000 m from sea level. Hasskarl recorded that it can be found in recently cleared land in Java.