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Mendoncia retusa

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

Turrill

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• NW. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• coastal
• seasonally inundated forest

Flowering Times

• Sep-Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Mar Nov

Twining vine with quadrangular winged stems. Mucronulate leaves to 120mm x 70mm, glabrous or sparingly pilose. Solitary 30mm long white flowers with purple throat with glabrous bracts to 25mm x 15mm, glabrous white corolla with purple throat to 50mm long with lobes 10mm long. Dark purple fruit to 19mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Standley