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Metastelma lineare

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Bello

Common Names

• West Indian Swallow-wort

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands - USA

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• montane forest
• coastal shrubland

Flowering Times

• All year (Puerto Rico

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Slender high-climbing twining vine with glabrous leaves. Few-flowered cymes of flowers, white corolla, yellowish-green outside to 3.5mm long, lobes to 3mm long. 50mm long glabrous green follicles,

Further References

• Mobot
• VOPR
• SAFIO
• Kew