Mendoncia gigas Lindau

• 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 gigas Lindau

• Type

  Type: Peru, Madre de Dios, Rio Acre, Seringal Auristella, the 9800 (holotype B, destroyed; F photo 5870).

• Description

  Description - Scandent; stem terete, appressed-pubescent; leaves petiolate, blades oval to broadly elliptic, 9-13 x 5-7 cm, firm, scabrid above, yellowish pubescent below, margin entire; inflorescence, axillary, 2-4-flowered; flowers pedicellate; pedicels tomentose; bracteoles oblong, 40-45 x 15 mm, tomentose, margin adgiutinate; calyx truncate, minutely lobed; corolla purple or red, glabrous, tube 55 mm. long, limb 5-lobed, 6-7 mm in diam.