The flowers are clusters of orange-yellow tubular flowers with one of their five sepals enlarged into a white petal-like form, set among pale green, oval leaves; berries follow the bloom.

The erect, branching stem has a shrubby crown.

Mussaenda frondosa is native to India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.

It is found on Nilgiri slopes to elevations of 6,000 ft (1,800 m).

[3] Justus Carl Hasskarl recorded its presence in recently cleared land in Java.