Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

Hammock viper's-tail (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Pentalinon

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen shrub. It grows 5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Coastal forests and thickets in Puerto Rico.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal poison
Edible -
Therapeutic use Bite(Snake) (unspecified), Cardiotonic (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Edema (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified), Psoriasis (unspecified), Wart (unspecified), Poison(Arrow) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Pentalinon luteum unspecified picture

Distribution

Pentalinon luteum world distribution map, present in Anguilla, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bahamas, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:942487-1
WFO ID wfo-0000266801
COL ID 76NQL
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 846798
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Laseguea jaegeri Pentalinon luteum Pentalinon suberectum Rhabdadenia laxiflora Urechites andrewsii Urechites angustifolius Urechites jaegeri Urechites jamaicensis Urechites pinetorum Urechites suberectus Vinca lutea Mitozus jamaicensis Apocynum speciosissimum Neriandra suberecta Asketanthera obtusifolia Rhabdadenia barbata Urechites luteus Chariomma flava Chariomma mucronulata Chariomma scandens Dipladenia flava Echites andrewsii Echites catesbaei Echites christophorianus Echites domingensis Echites jamaicensis Echites neriandrus Chariomma surrecta Chariomma domingensis Chariomma verticillata Echites obovatus Echites barbatus Echites heterophyllus Echites pellieri Echites suberectus Echites suberectus Angadenia jamaicensis Haemadictyon suberectum Chariomma domingense Urechites suberecta Urechites dolichanthus Urechites neriandrus Pentalinon luteum var. sericeum Urechites luteus var. angustifolius Urechites luteus var. sericeus Urechites suberecta var. glabratus Urechites suberecta var. rotundifolius Laseguea pubiflora