Olyra latifolia L.

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Olyra latifolia L.

  • Description

    Description - Perennial herb; culms erect or climbing, 1-6 m in length, 3-12 mm in diameter, brittle, hollow inside, with numerous branches from the middle and upper nodes; nodes somewhat collapsed, pilose or glabrous. Leaf sheath pilose or glabrous; auricles up to 5 mm long; ligules 0.7-5 mm long; blades lanceolate to ovate, 10-32 x 3-11 cm, the base obtuse or subcordate, the apex acuminate. Panicles pyramidal, 7-20 x 4-14 cm, on peduncles ca. 15 cm long.

    Phenology - Collected in fertile condition in October and January.

    Conservation Status - Native, locally common.