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Agdestis clematidea

Botanic Family

Phytolaccaceae

Author

Sessé & Mocino ex de Candolle

Propagation

O.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Thicket

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Large perennial herbaceous glabrous twining vine. Bad smelling leaves minute dots above, puberulent beneath tp 70mm x 60mm. Axillary erect panicle 150mm x 80mm of 15mm diameter fragrant white flowers, white sepals to 6.5mm x 3mm, petals absent, filaments 5mm long. Brown fruit to 3mm long with persistent sepals.

Foliage malodorous. Naturalised

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Menninger 1970
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• NAF
• FOG