Mendoncia aspera Ruiz & Pav.

• Authority

  Wasshausen, Dieter C. & Wood, John R. I. 2004. Acanthaceae of Bolivia. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 49: 1-152.

• Family

  Mendonciaceae

• Scientific Name

  Mendoncia aspera Ruiz & Pav.

• Type

  Mendozia aspera Ruiz & Pav., Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 158. 1798. Type: Peru, Ruiz & Pavón s.n. (holotype MA; isotypes G, P).

• Description

  Description - Herbaceous climber; stern subterete, appressed-pubescent to glabrescent; leaves petiolate, blades elliptic to broadly elliptic, 5-9 x 3-4.75 cm, firm, margin curved upwards; inflorescence axillary, flowers 1-3, clustered and pedicellate ; bracteoles green, oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 20-25 x 8-10 mm, sericeous, margin entire; calyx inconspicuous, annular: corolla bright red, 35-38 mm long, limb subequally 5-lobed, lobes 3-4 mm long; fruit deep purple, oblong-ovate or oblong.