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Amphilophium lactiflorum

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(Vahl) L.G. Lohmann

Propagation

C.L.S.

Common Names

• Pega Palo
• Viuda
• Bejuco Culebra (Dominican Republic)

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• coastal thickets
• riverside
• montane areas
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• All year (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Puerto Rico)

Twining woody shrub to 3m with simple or trifid tendrils with adhesive discs. 2-foliolate leaves glabrous, puberulous or minutely lepidote above, scaly beneath. Racemes or panicles to 300mm long of 55mm fragrant white flowers with yellow throat tinged red & yellow inside, corolla tomentose on outside, lobes to 15mm long. Woody capsule or follicle to 130mm long x 35mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• Kew
• SAFIO