Bignoniaceae FAMILY

Mansoa verrucifera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Mansoa verrucifera is a climbing shrub with stems that can grow up to 20 metres high in the forest. The stems are at least 8cm in diameter, attaching themselves to other plants by means of tendrils[ 369 Title Flora of Costa Rica Publication Author Standley P.C. Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Field Museum of Natural History; Chicago Year 1938 ISBN Description Rather dated, but an excellent treatment of the area. Available for download from the internet. , 1207 Title Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/118975#/summary Publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Year 1993 - 2015 ISBN 968-36-3108-8 Description An excellent flora (in Spanish) of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve in southeastern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad

HabitatTropical deciduous forest; at elevations from 934 - 1,068 metres[ 1207 Title Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/118975#/summary Publisher Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Year 1993 - 2015 ISBN 968-36-3108-8 Description An excellent flora (in Spanish) of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán biosphere reserve in southeastern Mexico. It can be downloaded from the Internet ]. An uncommon but widespread plant of the tropical wet forest and wetter parts of the tropical moist forest in Panama.