Pentalinon luteum

(L.) B.F.Hansen & Wunderlin

Apocynaceae

+ Synonyms

Angadenia jamaicensis (Griseb.) Lippold

Apocynum speciosissimum Mill.

Chariomma domingensis (Jacq.) Miers

Chariomma flava (Hook.) Miers

Chariomma mucronulata Miers

Chariomma scandens Miers

Chariomma surrecta Miers

Chariomma verticillata Miers

Dipladenia flava Hook.

Echites andrewsii Chapm.

Echites barbatus Desv.

Echites catesbaei G.Don

Echites christophorianus Ham.

Echites domingensis Jacq.

Echites heterophyllus J.F.Gmel.

Echites jamaicensis Griseb.

Echites neriandrus Griseb.

Echites obovatus Sessé & Moc.

Echites pellieri Loudon

Echites suberectus Andrews

Echites suberectus Jacq.

Haemadictyon suberectum (Jacq.) G.Don

Laseguea jaegeri Miers

Laseguea pubiflora Miers

Mitozus jamaicensis (Griseb.) Miers

Neriandra suberecta (Jacq.) A.DC.

Pentalinon suberectum (Jacq.) Voigt

Rhabdadenia barbata (Desv.) Miers

Rhabdadenia laxiflora Miers

Urechites andrewsii (Chapm.) Small

Urechites angustifolia (Ekman & Helwig) Lippold

Urechites dolichantha Urb.

Urechites jaegeri Müll.Arg.

Urechites jamaicensis (Griseb.) Miers

Urechites lutea (L.) Britton

Urechites neriandra (Griseb.) Rolfe

Urechites pinetorum Small

Urechites suberecta (Jacq.) Müll.Arg.

Vinca lutea L.

Common Name:

Flowering plant, climbing over a fence
Photograph by: Forest and Kim Starr

General Information

Pentalinon luteum is a climbing shrub with stems up to 5 metres long that twine around other plants for support[

648

Title: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 51
Publication
Author: Acevedo-Rodríguez P. (Editor)
Website: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution; Washington.
Year: 2005
ISBN
Description: A treatment of the climbing plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

].
The plant is sometimes gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Known Hazards

An arrow poison is made from the plant[

Title: Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
Author: Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher: Weinheim
Year: 1959
ISBN: -
Description: An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.

]. The plant is also used to stupefy fish[

Title: Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
Author: Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher: Weinheim
Year: 1959
ISBN: -
Description: An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.

Botanical References

648

Title: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 51
Publication
Author: Acevedo-Rodríguez P. (Editor)
Website: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution; Washington.
Year: 2005
ISBN
Description: A treatment of the climbing plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Range

Caribbean - Jamaica to the Bahamas; N. America - Florida.

Habitat

Coastal forests and thickets in Puerto Rico[

648

Title: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 51
Publication
Author: Acevedo-Rodríguez P. (Editor)
Website: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution; Washington.
Year: 2005
ISBN
Description: A treatment of the climbing plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Habit	Climber
Height	5.00 m
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The plant is used in the treatment of colic, gonorrhoea, psoriasis, warts and snake bites[

Title: Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
Author: Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher: Weinheim
Year: 1959
ISBN: -
Description: An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -

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