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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/14/2013)
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Species
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ARISTOLOCHIA ARBORESCENS Linn.
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Sp. P1. 960. 1753.
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Synonym
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Aristolochia foetens Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. i824. 1836. Howardia foetens Klotzsch, in Monatsb. Acad. Berl. 1859:610. 1859.
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Description
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Lianas, with twining stems. Leaves alternate, cordate, apex acute to acuminate, membranous, 5 to 20 cm. broad, 8 to 30 cm. long, glabriusculus at maturity. Pseudostipules absent. Flowers immediately subtended by an orbiculate, perfoliate bracteole, axillary, solitary but occasionally in pairs, glabrescent, yellow, blotched with purple, the utricle broadly gibbous-clavate, ca. 30 cm. long, the tube sharply reflexed on the utricle, ca. 35 cm. long, widening into a throat distinguished by peculiar annular venation and constriction, ca. 5 cm. long, the limb obliquely funnelform, terminating in a struppate extension ca. 20 cm. long; the odor putrid. Fruit ovate-cylindric, ca. 10 cm. long, 6 cm. wide, dehiscing acropetally. Seeds numerous, horizontally compressed, 1 cm. diameter, 2 mm. thick.
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Habit
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Lianas
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Distribution
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Mexico south to Colombia.
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Specimen
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COLON: Fato (Nombre de Dios), sea level, Pittier 4I45. DARIEN: vicinity Pinogana, alt. 20 m., Allen 4292; trail between Pinogana and Yavisa, alt. 15 m., Allen 29I.
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