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Aristolochia daemoninoxia

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Masters

Common Names

• Boyari (Arawak)
• Boyari Rope
• Carrion Crow Rope
• Kurumu Simyorï (Carib)
• Watopï (Carib)
• Azari (Waroa)

Geographical Habitats

• Guyana

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Twining liana with woody stems & corky bark with smell of cough tablets. Petole-twining glabrous leaves to 120mm x 130mm. Few-flowered racemes with minute bracts, curved flowers with 3 tepals, lobes to 30mm x 55mm, utricle to 20mm x 13mm. Glabrous capsule to 90mm long.

Possibly carcinogenic & mutagenic with prolonged use.

Medicinal (contraception & abortion)

Further References

• NHN
• NYBG
• ResearchGate
• The Plant List 2