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Mandevilla boliviensis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(J.J. Veitch) Woodson

Common Names

• White Dipladenia
• White Mandevilla

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Bahia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Summer Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep

Woody evergreen somewhat twining or erect rhizomatous hemi-epiphytic herb or liana with glabrous stems. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 100mm x 40mm. 2-8 flowered lateral, terminal or subterminal racemes or cymes 70mm diameter. White flowers with yellow throat with bracts to 1mm long, glabrous calyx to 5mm long, calyx lobes to 8mm long, glabrous corolla tube 18mm x 2mm with throat 14mm x 7mm, lobes to 30mm x 20mm. Glabrous follicles to 150mm long

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• RHS A-Z
• Llamas 2003
• Exotica
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• JAA
• Kew
• FOPE
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Standley
• MBG