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Cryptostegia grandiflora - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Nigeria; 6/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Cryptostegia grandiflora - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Nigeria; 6/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Cryptostegia grandiflora - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Nigeria; 6/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Cryptostegia grandiflora - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Nigeria; 6/2007 © Ralf Biechele

Dataset

Identifier: 1648
Date of entry: 04.04.2011
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Rubber vine

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2604)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2501)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2116)

      Order: Gentianales (110)

        Family: Apocynaceae (36)(family description)

          Genus: Cryptostegia (1)

            Epithet: grandiflora Roxb. ex R.Br. (7)

grandiflora => with flowers larger than the normal

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: liana, shrub

Flower colour: violet, pink

External links

Check for Cryptostegia grandiflora at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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