Mussaenda arcuata Lam. ex Poir.

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Records of this taxon from Zambia are shown in the table below. Cases where the taxon is native, naturalised, possibly planted or definitely planted are all listed.

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Record number No of images Record date Recorder(s) Coll. Det. Conf. Herbaria Habitat Location Loc code(s) Outing code Planted code Country QDS Grid ref. FZ divisions Alt. (m) Notes Lat Long Loc Acc Code
63725028 Oct 1963EA Robinson
EA Robinson
R 5787
Peat bogChakwenga Headwaters area1710Zambia1529A2 C1075From E.A.Robinson's collection written by Bob Drummond-15.15210029.3537004
82981022 Nov 1993DK Harder
DK Harder
2096
D Bridson
K

Collections around Kundalila Falls. Rocky soils, quartz sand and basalt outcrops. Kanona District; Kundalila Falls Picnic Area, 13 km S of Serenje-Mpika Hwy.1210Zambia1330B1 C1590Occasional linaescent shrub near water; stems brown with white lenticels; petioles and midrib pink; calyx and lobes green; corolla tube green outside; lobes bright yellow inside with triangular patches of rust-brown hairs forming a star around throat; young fruit green turning yellow at maturity; seeds black surrounded by sweet orange flesh; edible.-13.15444430.7194445
82982011 Feb 1995DK Harder
DK Harder
2650
D Bridson
K

Collections along Kifubwa River in forest and on shallow soils in woodland. Kifubwa (Chifubwa) Gorge National Monument. Ca. 4.6 km along Kyalalankuba Rd. south of Solwezi and ca. 2 km S of entrance to Solwezi Teacher Training College. National Heritage Site. 0Zambia1226A2 W1230Occasional; lianescent shrub; to 5 m; in understory; weak-wooded; calyx green; outer surface of corolla tube light green, bright yellow on lobes, brown at base inside and on tube.-12.21972226.3985565
82983025 May 1994CN Nkhoma
CN Nkhoma
289
D Bridson
K

Hilly area along Lualizi stream. Miombo woodland. Isoka District; Turnoff on the Isoka-Nakonde Road, ca. 18.9 km towards Muyombe. 0Zambia1032B3 N930Shrub; occasional along the stream. Leaves green on top, light green below; fruit light green.-10.26750032.7236115

Total records found: 4



Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Nicholas Wightman, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-25

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wightman, N., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2025). Flora of Zambia: Species information: Records of: Mussaenda arcuata.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-display.php?species_id=155170, retrieved 5 December 2025

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