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Aristolochia constricta

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Grisebach

Common Names

• Canastilla (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Honduras
• Leeward Islands
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• coastal

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Climbing herbaceous shrub with pilose stems. Pilose or almost glabrous leaves to 125mm x 80mm with basal lobes. Few-flowered lax racemes, calyx to 40mm long, utricle to 18mm long, tube 18mm x 3mm, violet-green & yellow flowers. Capsule to 25mm long.

Further References

• Neotrop
• FOPE
• Standley