Amphilophium
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Authority
Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
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Family
Bignoniaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Lianas. Stems hexagonal with conspicuous obtuse ribs; cross section of the mature stem with a cross of 4 (-5) arms formed by the phloem tissue; interpetiolar zones not glandular; pseudostipules foliaceous, persistent or deciduous. Leaves usually 3-foliolate, with the terminal leaflet replaced by a trifid tendril. Flowers produced in terminal panicles, usually on short axillary branches. Calyx campanulate, double, with the inner margin thick, short and the outer undulate; corolla purple, tubular, bilabiate; stamens 4, didynamous, the anthers glabrous; ovary superior, ovate-cylindrical, with 2 locules. Fruit an oblong-elliptical capsule, the valves parallel to the septum; seeds with 2 hyaline wings not very differentiated from the body. A neotropical genus of 7 species distributed from Mexico to northern Argentina, including the Antilles.