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Mandevilla laxa

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Ruiz & Pavon) Woodson

Common Names

• Chilean Jasmine
• Wen teng (Pinyin)
• Margarita (Bolivia)

Geographical Habitats

• NC. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• woodland.

Flowering Times

• Summer to early Autumn Nov

Fruiting Times

• Late Summer Mar

Twining glabrous woody deciduous vine, puberulent when young. Leaves to 120mm long with basal glands, angular stem ofter granular. 5-10 flowered axillary & terminal racemes with bracts, of 90mm fragrant white or pale pink flowers, calyx lobes 10mm long, glabrous corolla with tube to 30mm x 5mm & lobes to 20mm long. Paired follicles to 400mm long,

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• P & R 1997
• RHS A-Z
• Neotrop
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew
• FOPE