It
belongs to the Mussaenda L. Genus of the Rubiaceae Family, with the Latin name
of Mussaenda anomala.
The
climbing shrub has taupe twigs with clear lenticels. It bears opposite oval
leaves, about 13 to 17 centimeters long. Its Cyme is acrogenous, about 6
centimeters long. The white sepals expand into petaloid form. The corolla
usually splits into 5 parts, each of which is about 3 millimeters long. Its
berries are 6 to 10 millimeters long, with a diameter of 4 to 8
millimeters.
It
mainly grows in moist and sunny places in valleys, where the average annual
temperature is 17¡æ and the annual amount of rainfall is about 1,800
millimeters. The pH value of the yellow earth there is 4.5 to 5.5. It climbs
around the trunks of lower arbors and is seldom found in flourishing forests or
brushwood.
It's
only found on Dayao Mountain in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The specimen
was firstly gotten on Yaoshan Mountain in Guangxi in 1936, but in the last few
years no more has been found after several surveys in Dayao Mountain. This
species, particularly shaped, is a rarely found variety of Mussaenda L. Genus in
China. It is of great value for scientific
researches.