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Aristolochia pilosa

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Huehuecho (Mexico)
• Pecho de Paloma (Mexcio)
• Curanina (Mexcio)
• Sombrerito (Guatemala)
• Hediondilla (Guatemala)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• seasonally inundated
• riverside
• forest edge
• woodland
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Jul-Jan (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Herbaceous twiner with slender pilose stems to 5m. Lobed leaves to 180mm x 45mm, glabrous above & tomentose beneath. Axillary solitary pilose green-yellow flowers to 145mm x 20mm spotted brown-purple with yellow centre, calyx to 85mm x 20mm, pilose perianth to 70mm long with limb to 25mm long with lobe to 55mm x 20mm & lip to 30mm long, utricle to 25mm x 15mm, tube 30mm x 5mm. Pilose capsule to 75mm x 20mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• FOG
• Gleason & Moldenke