Good set of pictures. Thanks for sharing. BRS
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:18 AM, raman <[email protected]> wrote: > The mussaenda is an evergreen shrub related to coffee trees and native to > Asia. It may be a rather small shrub, or large to 30 feet, like a small > tree. Commercial nurseries often train mussaenda to be tree-like in form > for landscape use. Their natural habit is to produce many stems and it is > quite a rambler. It has silky, hairy, soft medium-green leaves. The plant's > color comes from bracts and not the small, often yellow, white or orange, > flowers at the center of each bract. This is the same color-producing > system used by tropicals such heliconia and bougainvillea. Bracts may be > seen in several colors including rose, white, red, pale pink and some > mixtures. > > Raman > -- B. Rathinasabapathy Project Co-ordinator Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park 1388, Avinashi Road Peelamedu Coimbatore-641004 <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml>
