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Aristolochia odoratissima L.

Fragrant dutchman's pipe (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Piperales > Aristolochiaceae > Aristolochia

Characteristics

Robust climber; stems to 5 m long, glabrous. Leaves: pseudo-stipules absent; petiole 3–6 cm long; lamina broadly triangular-ovate, 6–14 cm long, 6–10 cm wide, glabrous above, sparsely puberulent below; base deeply cordate; apex acuminate to rounded. Flowers solitary; pedicels 6–9 cm long. Calyx sigmoid, creamy yellow outside, golden yellow inside throat, dark purple above, heavily spotted, glabrous or sparsely puberulent outside; utricle obovoid, 1.5–1.8 cm long; tube 5–8 mm long, expanding abruptly into spreading limb; limb 1-lobed, peltiform, broadly cordate-ovate, 5–6.5 cm long, 3.5–5.5 cm wide, acute. Fruit obloid, c. 7 cm long, c. 2 cm diam., beaked; sterile tip c. 5 mm long. Seed ovate, flat, 3–3.5 mm long, 2.5–2.8 mm wide, c. 0.5 mm thick, smooth, not winged.
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Lianas, twining, scandent, glabrous. Leaves alternate, variable cordate-hastate to sub-trilobate, membranous, ca. 15 cm. long, 12 cm. wide. Pseudostipules present. Flowers axillary, the calyx borne at an abrupt angle at the apex of the ovary, dark red, mottled and striped with lighter shades of red and yellow, the utricle ovate, 2 to 3.5 cm. long, the tube arising at a right angle from the side of the utricle, 1 5 to 2 0 mm. long, the limb thick, delicate, crenate, suborbiculate, 6 to 12 cm. diameter. Fruit cylindric to subfusiform, abruptly bent in a right angle at the apex, slightly curved, 1.5 cm. diameter, 4 cm. long, dehiscing acro-petally. Seeds numerous, horizontally com-pressed, 5 mm. diameter, 0.5 mm. thick.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Recorded in forested areas.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Diuretic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Psiatica (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Bubo (unspecified), Anodyne (unspecified), Tetanus (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 23 - 29
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Images

Aristolochia odoratissima unspecified picture

Distribution

Aristolochia odoratissima world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Barbados, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:316342-2
WFO ID wfo-0000548127
COL ID GQ4M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 629110
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Aristolochia aurantiaca Aristolochia martiniana Aristolochia odorata Aristolochia odoratissima Aristolochia ottonis Aristolochia picta Aristolochia rimbachii Howardia pandurata Aristolochia glaziovii Aristolochia moschata Aristolochia panduriformis Howardia warszewiczii Aristolochia pandurata Aristolochia macropoda Aristolochia odoratissima f. brasiliensis Aristolochia odoratissima f. paraguariensis Aristolochia hassleriana var. guaranitica Aristolochia odoratissima var. glaziovii Aristolochia odoratissima var. grandiflora Aristolochia odoratissima var. guaranitica Aristolochia odoratissima var. hastata Aristolochia odoratissima var. pandurata Aristolochia pandurata var. warscewiczii
WorldFloraDB 2024