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Arachnothryx leucophylla (Kunth) Planch.

Family	:	Rubiaceae
Local name	:	English  -Panama rose
Flowering and fruiting period	:	August to December
Distribution	:	Native to Mexico
Habitat	:	Grows in low altitudes
Uses	:	Ornamental
Key botanical characters : It is a evergreen woody shrub 1-3 m tall, with young pubescent branches, triangular stipules with pointed apex. Leaves opposite ,simple, lanceolate with pointed apex, entire margin,covered by whitish tomentum below. Terminal inflorescence with long peduncle covered by a whitish tomentum, roundish bearing numerous flowers.  Hypocrateriform corolla of intense pink covered by whitish tomentum, obovate & wavy on the margin lobes. The fruits are white globose capsule.