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Laubertia contorta

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(M. Martens & Galeotti) Woodson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Guerrero
• Morelos - Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• disturbed forest

Flowering Times

• Apr-Nov (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Sep (Mexico)

Herbaceous woody liana with glabrate leaves to 100mm x 50mm, axillary cymes of 25mm red-purple or greenish-purple flowers, 5-parted calyx lobes hirtellus outside to 4.5mm long, corolla ferrugineous pubescent outside with twisted tube 23mm x 3mm & lobes to 8mm long. Ferrugineous hirtellus follicles to 300mm long.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Kew
• Miers