Kopsia fruticosa

This is a tall bush with simple leaves. Growth is not rapidA big shrub with light pink flowers. The leaves are large & are glossy.Shrub or small evergreen tree, to 3-4 metres tall, shows opposite elliptic leaves of a glossy pale green colour, long up to about 20 cm and 8 wide. The inflorescences are terminal with flowers of a diameter of 5-6 cm, with oblong petals of a pink white or pink colour, tending to the dark pink or red at the centre, which recall those of the Catharanthus roseus, better known under its synonym Vinca rosea, from which comes one of its common names. The fruits are drupes, ellipsoid, about 2,5 cm long, 1-seeded.