Common names (English):

Hammock Viper´s-Tail, Lice Bush, Yellow Mandevilla

Local name (Kannada):

Habit: Climber

Distribution:

Native of South Florida to Caribbean Islands.

Use: Ornamental.

Description:

Shrubby vine, up to 3 m or more high; sap milky. Leaves simple, opposite, oblong, obovate to subrotundate, obtuse or shortly cordate at base, obtuse or cuspidate at apex, light green. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, cymose, with usually few large showy flowers. Calyx-lobes linear-lanceolate. Corolla yellow, 3.5-6.5 cm long, often marked red at level of anthers. Follicles rather woody, slightly curved but not reflexed, 8-20 cm long; hairs white.

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