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Mandevilla laxa Woodson

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Mandevilla

Characteristics

Deciduous woody climber; older stems with many prominent lenticels; branchlets with a ring of colleters at each node. Leaves with petiole 12–35 mm long, slender, reddish; lamina ovate, 5–18 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, cordate or rounded at base, acuminate; lower surface glaucous, almost glabrous, with numerous hairy domatia; cluster of 3–6 colleters at base of midrib above. Inflorescence terminal with c. 8–15 flowers. Flower 4–7 cm diam., white or pink. Sepals c. 10 mm long. Corolla tube 25–35 mm long. Anthers 10 mm long. Follicles 25–40 cm long, joined at tips.
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Branchlets glabrous. Petiole long; leaf blade narrowly cordate, herbaceous, glabrous adaxially, glaucous and bearded at vein axils abaxially, apex acuminate. Racemes long pedunculate, nodding, simple, many flowered. Flowers fragrant. Sepals narrow, 0.7-1.3 cm, acute. Corolla white or pale pink, limb 10-folded inside; lobes oblong, undulate at margin, apiculate. Filaments broad, pubescent, much shorter than glabrous anthers; disc apex obtuse or truncate, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Occurssometimes in disturbed rainforests.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Mandevilla laxa habit picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Mandevilla laxa flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Mandevilla laxa flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)
Mandevilla laxa flower picture by Trap Hers (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Mandevilla laxa world distribution map, present in Argentina, Australia, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), China, Ecuador, Peru, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:151995-2
WFO ID wfo-0000234960
COL ID 3XTDM
BDTFX ID 5687
INPN ID 107342
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Synonyms

Mandevilla bangii Mandevilla bridgesii Mandevilla mandonii Mandevilla tweedieana Echites glandulosus Echites laxus Echites suaveolens Amblyanthera bridgesii Amblyanthera suaveolens Mandevilla suaveolens Mandevilla laxa
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