Mansoa hymenaea
(DC.) A.H.Gentry
Bignoniaceae
Adenocalymma alboviolaceum Loes.
Adenocalymma ciliolatum S.F.Blake
Adenocalymma hosmeca Pittier
Adenocalymma laevigatum Bureau & K.Schum.
Adenocalymma laevigatum Mart. ex DC.
Adenocalymma macrocarpum Donn.Sm.
Adenocalymma pohlianum Bureau & K.Schum.
Bignonia hymenaea DC.
Bignonia laevigata Klotzsch ex Bureau & K.Schum.
Cuspidaria hymenaea (DC.) M.R.Almeida
Pachyptera hymenaea (DC.) A.H.Gentry
Petastoma langlasseanum Kraenzl.
Petastoma tonduzianum Kraenzl.
Pseudocalymma alliaceum microcalyx Sandwith
Pseudocalymma hymenaeum (DC.) Sandwith
Pseudocalymma laevigatum (Bureau & K.Schum.) A.Samp. & Kuhlm.
Pseudocalymma langlasseanum (Kraenzl.) Sandwith
Pseudocalymma macrocarpum (Donn.Sm.) Sandwith
Pseudocalymma pohlianum (Bureau & K.Schum.) Sandwith
Common Name:
General Information
Mansoa hymenaea is a climbing shrub with stems to at least 5cm in diameter that attatch 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.
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a condiment, medicine and source of materials.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
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.
Range
S. America - northern Brazil, French Guiana, Surinam, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela; C. America - Panama to Guatemala and central Mexico
Habitat
A common liana of the tropical seasonally dry forest, occurring also sporadically in the tropical moist forest; at elevations from near sea level to 1,300 metres[
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.
]..
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Climber |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
The garlic-flavoured leaves and stems are used as a seasoning[
1438- Title
- Food Plants in the Americas: A Survey of the Domesticated, Cultivated, and Wild Plants Used for Human Food in North,
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kermath B.M.; Bennett B.C.' Pulsipher L.M.
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 2014
- ISBN
-
- Description
- A pre-publication draft of an amazing, on-going work first started in 1985. It contains information on more than 3,900 taxa from the Americas - from Arctic regions to the Tropics
,
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
Medicinal
The plants are used by shamans to cleanse 'bad air', 'bad dirty' and 'evil spirits'. The leaves and stems, macerated in water, are spread in houses to prevent disease[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
The macerated stem and leaves are used to prevent flu and to treat problems urinating[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]. The crumbled tender leaves are cooked and drunk to lower fevers[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]. The plant is also used to treat other, indeterminate, conditions[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]
Other Uses
The tender leaves, shredded and cooked, are used in fresh water baths (Tsa'chi-Pichincha)[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
].
The stem is used to make saddles for horses and donkeys, and as a rope to build rafts, corrals and fences[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]
Propagation
Seed -
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