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It's a star-shaped flower. Observed two different colorations: golden yellow and red. The flower buds are shaped like flanged maces. They remind me of starfruits and cookies =a
Shrub layer, tropical rainforests.
Photographed near Gunung Bunga Buah, Pahang, Malaysia.
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I found a book about Mount Kinabalu plants at the university library today. It happened to have a picture of M. frondosa =) Yeah. M. phillipica looks similar, too. Hmmm... How do we decide?
Well done! How did you dig that one out? Might be M. phillipica too. Yours seems to have shiny more leathery leaves than frondosa.
Could they be Mussaenda frondosa? Seems quite similar.
Another curiosity! I found another photo of this online but it was also without ID......hope someone can help.
Next we need to lay a Star fish next to them. Fascinating!