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Funastrum odoratum

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Hemsley) Schlechter

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Sep-Oct

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Dec

Herbaceous hirsute twining vine with leaves to 50mm long, pilose above & pubescent beneath. 6-12 flowered umbels, 16mm wide flowers white or cream, sometimes purple on base & internally, calyx lobes 6mm long, corolla pilose outside. Follicles to 85mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Neotrop
• Kew
• Standley