Verbenaceae FAMILY

Petrea volubilis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Petrea volubilis is a deciduous shrub growing up to 4 metres tall in an open position, or can become a climbing plant with stems up to 12 metres long. The stems twine around other plants for support, they are around 10cm in diameter[ 362 Title Dominica Botanic Gardens Publication Author Website http://www.da-academy.org/trees_shrubs.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource, providing top quality pictures and some basic information on various plants being grown at the Botanic Gardens, often including uses and habitat. , 423 Title Desert Tropicals Publication Author Website http://www.desert-tropicals.com/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description The main focus of the site is succulent plants, but it also contains information on a wide range of other species. Usually at least one good photograph, plus basic information about the plant and its cultivation. , 954 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 81 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal with various articles, including a revision of the genus Petrea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use. It is often grown as an ornamental in the tropics, valued especially for its display of blue flowers[ 362 Title Dominica Botanic Gardens Publication Author Website http://www.da-academy.org/trees_shrubs.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line resource, providing top quality pictures and some basic information on various plants being grown at the Botanic Gardens, often including uses and habitat. , 954 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 81 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal with various articles, including a revision of the genus Petrea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyanas; C. America - Panama to Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad to Florida.

HabitatSeasonal evergreen forest along streams, roadsides, steep limestone walls in dry forest, limestone outcrops, pastures on clay and rocky soil, and on rock[ 954 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 81 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal with various articles, including a revision of the genus Petrea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]..