Mansoa verrucifera
(Schltdl.) A.H.Gentry
Bignoniaceae
Adenocalymma fissum Loes.
Adenocalymma helicocalyx Kuntze
Adenocalymma micradenium Standl.
Adenocalymma moritzii Urb.
Adenocalymma perezii Standl. & L.O.Williams
Adenocalymma seleri Loes.
Adenocalymma verruciferum (Schltdl.) Miers
Bayonia fissa (Loes.) Dugand
Bayonia helicocalyx (Kuntze) Dugand
Bignonia verrucifera Schltdl.
Onohualcoa fissa (Loes.) Sandwith
Onohualcoa helicocalyx (Kuntze) Sandwith
Onohualcoa seleri (Loes.) Lundell
Onohualcoa verrucifera (Schltdl.) A.H.Gentry
Setilobus vicentinus Kraenzl.
Common Name:
General Information
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
].
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.
,
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
Range
S. America - northern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad
Habitat
Tropical 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.
Properties
| Habit | Evergreen Climber |
| Height | 20.00 m |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
The wood has a rancid smell[
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
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
El tallo se usa para elaborar “changuinas”, canastos y aventadores y como soga para amarrar canoas, sujetar los largueros y columnas de las viviendas (Wao-Napo; Shuar-Napo, Morona Santiago; Etnia no especificada-Orellana, Morona Santiago).
Se usa para elaborar las sillas de montar para caballos y burros
The stem is used to make "changuinas", baskets and winnows and as a rope to tie canoes, hold the stringers and columns of the houses (Wao-Napo; Shuar-Napo, Morona Santiago; Unspecified ethnicity-Orellana, Morona Santiago).
Used to make saddles for horses and donkeys[
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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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
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Ajna Fern
with help from
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