Red Flag Bush

Mussaenda erythrophylla

Flower name
Red Flag Bush
Scientific name
Mussaenda erythrophylla
AliasMussaenda erythrophylla, ムッサエンダ, Red Flag Bush, ムッサエンダ・エリトロフィラ, 緋衣崑崙花, ムッサエンダエリトロフィラ
Place of originEastern Sudan
Place of floweringGreenhouse
Flowering seasonMay, June, July, August, September, October

What is Red Flag Bush

Mussaenda erythrophila,(scientific name: Mussaenda erythrophylla) is native to Zaire to Congo, and it is a non-cold tolerant evergreen shrub of the family Racaceae. Things that look like red flowers are buds and bloom white small flowers.

In the same genus, there are Uguikonronka (light yellow rose flower, scientific name: Mussaenda luteola) and {{musaenda magsaisai}}.
It is a genus belonging to a different genus (a shrub of the genus Euphorbiaceae, but it is similar to Poinsettia.

General name:Red Flag Bush, scientific name:Mussaenda erythrophylla, origin eastern Sudan, height: 100-300 cm, leaf color: green, leaf: oblong / broad lanceolate, leaf quality: thin, phyllotaxis: opposite, leaf margin: entire, inflorescence shape: compound cymes , Corolla: car-shaped Tip 5 crack, flower color: yellow in Crown Central dark yellow, Corolla diameter: 1-2 cm, Calyx bracts: white eggs round and obovate, Calyx bract length: 5 cm, flowering period: April to November , fruit: berries, applications: potted plants, garden.