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Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A.H.Gentry

Garlicvine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Bignoniaceae > Mansoa

Characteristics

A climber. It produces several woody vines from the root. It grows 2-3 m tall. It smells or garlic when crushed. The stem is 4 angled. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The end leaflets develops into a long tendril divided into 3 prongs. The leaves are bright green and 15 cm long. The flowers are purple with a white throat. They are funnel shaped. They fade with age.
Life form
Growth form vine
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 2.25 - 2.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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JulAugSep
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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AprMayJun
JulAugSep
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. In XTBG Yunnan.
More
Rainforest.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

The garlic flavoured leaves and stems are used as flavouring.
Uses material medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Antirheumatic agents (bark), Arthritis (bark), Common cold (bark), Fever (bark), Influenza, human (bark), Pain (bark), Hypolipidemic agents (flower), Antirheumatic agents (leaf), Arthritis (leaf), Common cold (leaf), Fever (leaf), Influenza, human (leaf), Pain (leaf), Antirheumatic agents (root), Arthritis (root), Common cold (root), Fever (root), Influenza, human (root), Pain (root), Rheumatism (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Anti-bacterial agents (unspecified), Antifungal agents (unspecified), Intestinal diseases, parasitic (unspecified), Antifungal agents (whole plant), Anti-infective agents (whole plant)
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°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Mansoa alliacea unspecified picture

Distribution

Mansoa alliacea world distribution map, present in Brazil and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:152672-2
WFO ID wfo-0000778999
COL ID 99QHN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630093
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Mansoa alliacea Pseudocalymma pachypus Pachyptera alliacea Adenocalymma sagotii Bignonia alliacea Adenocalymma alliaceum Adenocalymma obovatum Adenocalymma pachypus Anemopaegma pachypus Bignonia citrifolia Pseudocalymma alliaceum Pseudocalymma sagotii Pseudocalymma sagotii var. macrocalyx Pseudocalymma alliaceum var. macrocalyx
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