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Matelea reticulata

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Engelmann ex A. Gray) Woodson

Common Names

• Netted Milkvine

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Roadside
• thickets

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Sep
• Oct

High-climbing twiner with hirsute stems. Glabrate or pubescent leaves to 100mm long. 3-10 flowered cymes of yellow-brown flowers, dull purplish-green corolla to 14mm across with lobes pubescent outside & green & white reticulated within. Glabrate or puberulous follicles to 120mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FOSEUS
• USDA
• The Plant List 2
• Kew