Cryptostegia grandiflora Roxb. ex R.Br.

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution

Naturalizada en Colombia; Alt. 350 - 4200 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena.

Morphology General Habit

Subarbusto, trepadora

Conservation

No Evaluada

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Morphology General Habit

A woody, trailing or climbing vine; leaves oblong-elliptic, 5–10 cm long, short-acuminate at the apex, on rather stout petioles ca. 1 cm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence few-flowered, puberulous; calyx-lobes lance-acuminate; corolla light violet outside, whitish within, 5–6 cm long. Follicles 9–12 cm long.

Distribution

Grand Cayman. Said to be a native of India, but widely cultivated for ornament in many tropical countries, often escaping and becoming naturalised.

Goyder, D. J., Gilbert, M. G. & Venter, H. J. T. (2020). Apocynaceae (part 2). In: M. A. García (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca, Vol. 7(3). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Type

Bot. Reg. 5: t.435 (1820) lectotype, designated by Marohasy & Forster in Austral. Syst. Bot. 4: 574 (1991).

Morphology Stem

Stems densely lenticellate, glabrous, up to 10 m long

Morphology Leaves

Leaves glabrous; leaf petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long; blade 7–10 × 3–8 cm, elliptic, broadly elliptic or ovate, acuminate to cuspidate, base round, secondary veins 8–13 per side

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Inflorescence glabrous, peduncles 4–10 mm long, pedicels 3–7 mm long, bracts 2–7 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx

Sepals 10–20 × 5–10 mm, ovate, acuminate, glabrous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla

Corolla violet, pink or white, glabrous; tube 2–3 cm long; lobes 2–4.5 × 1.3–2.3 cm

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corona

Corona lobes 8–11 mm long, shallowly or deeply bifid

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Filaments

Staminal filaments 1–2 mm long; anthers oblong-hastate, 3–5 mm long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary

Ovaries 3–4 mm long; style 1–3 mm long, style-head ovoid, 3–4 mm long; translators elliptic. Follicles 10–16 × 2–4 cm, glabrous

Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds

Seeds 5–10 mm long; coma white, 2–4 cm long.

Distribution

Botswana, Mozambique. Native to Madagascar.

Ecology

Cultivated and escaped locally. In coastal grassland and woodland; 0–1500 m.

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation

Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence

Distribution

Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 350–4200 m a.s.l. Naturalised in Colombia. Colombian departments: Atlántico, Caldas, Chocó, Córdoba, Tolima, Valle del Cauca.

Habit

Subshrub, Climbing.

Ecology

Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: savanna, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.

Periplocaceae, A. A. Bullock. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Note

Frequently cultivated and may have escaped in various places

Morphology General Habit

It is a climbing or erect glabrous shrub

Morphology Leaves

Oblong-elliptic to almost rotund leathery leaves 5-10 cm. long

Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences

Terminal or lateral cymes of large funnel-shaped pink or lilac flowers 8-12 cm. across.

Use Environmental

Environmental uses.

Use Materials

Used as material.

Use Medicines

Medical uses.

Use Poisons

Poisons.