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Notes:
This species is characterized by its rather robust oblanceolate leaves, lax pyramidal inflorescences with several medium-sized flowers, tubular dull-colored corollas with the well developed anthers held mostly exserted from their throats, and medium-sized obovoid capsules. The flowers are green to salmon or dull purple outside, and dull purple to white inside. The fleshy corollas have tubes 7-9 mm long and swollen in the basal 2/3 then constricted near the throat, and lobes 5-6 mm long. Rustia occidentalis is commonly collected. It is generally similar to Rustia thibaudioides.
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