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Tropaeolum pentaphyllum

Botanic Family

Tropaeolaceae

Author

Lamarck

Common Names

• Five-leaved Nasturtium
• Ladys' legs
• Ysipo Maino Kagüyjy (Argentina)

Geographical Habitats

• S. America Argentina
• Bolivia
• Paraná
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina - Brazil
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge

Flowering Times

• Spring Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Perennial glabrous herb trailing or climbing with coiling petioles. Axillary inflorescence of 30mm pink or red flowers tipped greeny yellow, fruit blue-black to 7mm dia.. Leaf-stalk twiner, 5 leaflets, tuberous root. Dormant in summer

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Menninger 1970
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Bodkin
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List
• Botanicus