Aristolochia pentandra Jacq.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Aristolochiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems loosely pubescent or glabrate, trailing or low-climbing, branched, 3 m. long or less. Leaves rather fleshy, glabrous or nearly so, broadly ovate, 4-10 cm. long, entire or 3-lobed, acute or acuminate at the apex, cordate at the base, the slender petiol'es 14 cm. long; peduncles solitary in the axils, shorter than the petioles, leafy-bracted at about the middle, the bract ovate, cordate, sessile, 1-3 cm. long; ovary and calyx pubescent; calyx 2-3 cm. long, expanded to one side, the limb acuminate, veined; stamens 5; capsule globose, 1.5-2 cm. in diameter, usually longer than the peduncle.
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Distribution
Maritime sand plains, Abaco. Great Bahama, New Providence, Andros, Eleuthera, Watling's and Long Island : Florida ; Cuba. Coastal Aristolochia. Pitcher-plant.
Great Abaco Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Cuba South America|