Shrub to 8 m or so tall. New growth hairy. Leaves ovate to about 8 cm long, longpointed, base slightly toothed, stalk thin, to 2.5 cm long. Flowers with calyx spreading, orange-red, to 2.5 cm wide, with netted veins. Corolla red, to 2.5 cm long. Fruit obovate, black.

Himalaya

A warm-climate shrub widely grown throughout the tropics.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Verbenaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 4. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 3. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.