Arrabidaea
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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 or less frequently small trees or shrubs. Stems quadrangular or cylindrical; cross section of the mature stem with a cross of 4 arms formed by phloem tissue; interpetiolar zones usually glandular; pseudostipules small and inconspicuous. Leaves opposite, usually 3-foliolate, with the terminal leaflet replaced by a long, filiform, spiral-shaped tendril. Flowers produced in long axillary or terminal panicles. Calyx crateriform, simple, truncate, bilabiate or minutely 5-denticulate at the apex: corolla reddish, pink, or violet, hypocrateriform, infundibuliform, or campanulate, pubescent outside; stamens 4, didynamous; ovary superior, with 2 locules and a crateriform disc at the base. Fruit a linear capsule, compressed, with the valves parallel to the septum; seeds with 2 hyaline wings. A neotropical genus of about 70 species.