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Mussaenda roxburghii

East Himalayan Mussaenda

Family RubiaceaeGenus Mussaenda

Two orange star-shaped flowers and green buds framed by large white leaf-like sepals and ribbed leaves
FlowerRejoice GassahCC BY 4.0

About the plant

What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.

Habit
shrub or treePlants of the World Online
Flower
Orange, whiteRead from the photograph on this page
Native range
Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, Myanmar, NepalGBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.

Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Read from the photograph on this page — Deno's Garden; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Protocol

DerivedN. C. Deno, 1993

Difficulty Moderate Rated by us, not by the source.

  1. Sow and cover

    Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: light

No stated waiting before sowing. Then 21 days to germinate.

55% germination in 7–21 days.

Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed. — N. C. Deno, 1993 · Ch. 20, Mussaenda p. 180Public domain
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Mussaenda (Rubiaceae). M. roxburghii germ. only in light as shown by 70L(55% in 1-3 w) and 70D(none). When the sample in 70D for 4 w was shifted to 70L, 74% germ. in 10-15 d. A prior 3m at 40 had no effect.
Seed Germination Theory and Practice, 2nd ed., Ch. 20, Mussaenda p. 180. Quoted exactly. Every value on this card comes from this record, except the difficulty rating, which is ours; the step names come from a fixed list.

How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.

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