Didissandra frutescens

Didissandra frutescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Spermatophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Gesneriaceae
Genus:	Didissandra
Species:	D. frutescens
Binomial name
	Didissandra frutescens; (Jack) C.B.Clarke
Synonyms
	Didymocarpus frutescens Jack; Henckelia frutescens Spreng.;

Didissandra frutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae.^[1] It is native to Malaysia, and was first described in 1820.

Distribution

Didissandra frutescens is native to the wet tropical biome of Peninsular Malaysia (Penang and Perak).^[1]

The species was described by William Jack, as Didymocarpus frutescens, in 1820. In 1827, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel moved the species to Henckelia. In 1883, Charles Baron Clarke gave the species its current name.^[1]

Didissandra frutescens has broad, oblanceolate leaves, which are 24 centimetres (9.4 in) long, and 7 centimetres (2.8 in) long.^[2]

1 2 3 4 "Didissandra frutescens (Jack) C.B.Clarke". powo.science.kew.org. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
↑ Candolle, Alphonse de; Candolle, Casimir de (1878). Monographiæ phanerogamarum : Prodromi nunc continuatio, nunc revisio (in Latin). Vol. 5. G. Masson. p. 67.

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