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Apocynaceae FAMILY

Pinochia floribunda

Pinochia floribunda

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber
Growth—

The plant responds well to coppicing, but grows more like an erect shrub for the first year or two after being cut back[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cuttings Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pinochia+floribunda>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Flowering Plants of Jamaica — Adams. C.D. · University of the West Indies; Jamaica. · 1972 ↩︎A terse treatment of the flowering plants of Jamaica, with a botanical description of each plant, notes on habitat etc.
  2. [2]Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture, Jamaica. — Fawcett. W. (Editor) · Hope Gardens; Jamaica. · 1906 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Includes an article on rubber plants in Jamaica.
  3. [3]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.