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Rhabdadenia biflora Müll.Arg.

Mangrovevine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Apocynaceae > Rhabdadenia

Characteristics

Lianas, rarely shrub-like, glabrous. Leaves mostly oblong, sometimes oblong-obovate or lanceolate, mucronate, basally obtuse, to 10 cm long and 5 cm wide, glabrous, somewhat coriaceous; petioles 1-1.5(-2) cm long, mostly without glands in the axils. Inflorescences cymose, dichasial, reduced, 1-3(-4-5)-flowered, axillary to subterminal, the peduncles ca. 2-8 cm long, the bracts apparently absent. Flowers with the pedicels 5-17(-25) mm long; bracteoles minute, scarious; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong, 5-9 mm long; corolla white, some-times with a pinkish limb, the throat yellow, the tube proper ca. 15-20 mm
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long, the throat conic, ca. 20-30 mm long, densely pubescent within at the level of stamen attachment, the lobes obliquely ovate, ca. 20-25 mm long and 15-20 mm wide, spreading; stamens attached at the apex of the tube proper, the anthers ca. 4 mm long, pilose apically; nectaries separate or slightly connate basally. Follicles slender, 10-14 cm long; seeds acicular, ca. 25-30 mm long, long-comose apically.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 5.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

Leaf

Rhabdadenia biflora leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)
Rhabdadenia biflora leaf picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Rhabdadenia biflora flower picture by R. Tournebize (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Rhabdadenia biflora world distribution map, present in Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Grenada, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Mexico, Martinique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:81684-1
WFO ID wfo-0000295818
COL ID 78RZC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 630542
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Apocynum nervosum Rhabdadenia biflora Rhabdadenia cordata Rhabdadenia ehrenbergii Rhabdadenia macrantha Rhabdadenia nervosa Rhabdadenia paludosa Echites biflorus Echites bilbergii Echites ehrenbergii Echites paludosus Exothostemon paludosum Echites biflorus Apocynum cordatum Dipladenia billbergii
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