Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz

Shrubs, 1-5 m tall. Stems and branches pendulous, long, pubescent when young, becoming glabrous. Leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 3-14 × 1-4 cm, leathery, abaxially sparsely to densely tomentose and orange to black glandular punctate, adaxially glabrous, base rounded to subcordate, apex acuminate. Inflorescences condensed axillary shoots of 1-15 flowers. Floral tube light red, red-orange, or deep red, greenish basally, narrowly cyathiform, 9-15 mm; sepals oblong-ovate or deltate, 2-3 mm; epicalyx segments scarcely present. Petals 6, thin, linear-lanceolate, 1-5 mm, ca. as long as sepals. Stamens 12 , inserted above ovary base, long-exserted. Ovary 2-loculed; ovules 100+. Capsules elongate, elliptic. Seeds reddish brown, ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. Jan-May (mainly Mar-Apr), fr. Apr-May. 2n = 16.

A tropical plant. It grows in Garhwal Himalayas. It grows in less humid and dry regions. It grows from sea level to 800 m altitude in Madagascar. It grows up to 1,500 m in the Himalayas. It is often along streams and rivers. It grows best in a sandy loam. In XTBG Yunnan.

The flowers are sucked for their nectar. They are also cooked as a vegetable. The fruit are eaten raw when ripe. The young shoots are eaten.

Plants are usually grown using cuttings. The plant can be pruned back and will regrow well.