Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Apocynaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A stout vine, 2 m. long or longer, the twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leaves elliptic, subcoriaeeous, 5-9 cm. long, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse or somewhat narrowed at the base, glabrous on both sides, the rather stout petioles 1-2 cm. long; inflorescence puberulent; cymes few-several-flowered; sepals broadly lanceolate, acuminate, puberulent, about 1.5 cm. long; corolla pink-purple without, white within, 5-6 cm. long, its lobes ovate; follicles widely divergent, glabrous, pointed, 10-12 cm. long.
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Distribution
Scrub-lands, escaped from cultivation. New Providence and Inagua : Escaped from cultivation in Cuba and in Florida. Native home unknown, probably East Indian. Rubber-vine.
New Providence Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Cuba South America| Florida United States of America North America|