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Accession Data

Solandra longiflora

Common Name: Chalice Vine

Family: Solanaceae

Country of Origin: Cuba, Hispaniola

Description: Very similar to S. grandiflora but differing from it in the calyx being only half as long as the corolla. Following text is for S. grandiflora

Coarse, glabrous, woody vine, to 30 feet or more; leaves elliptic to obovate, to 7 inches long, acute, petioles less than one inch long; calyx tubular, to 3 inches long, 2-lobed, as long as the narrow portion of the corolla tube, corolla white, turning yellow to brownish-yellow on the second day, 4-6 inches long, expanded above the calyx and slightly contracted at the mouth.

S. grandiflora is found in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and the lesser Antilles. S. longiflora is found in Cuba and Hispaniola.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9a-10b

Accession #: 198500483

Accession Date: 1985-12-31

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1315

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Solanales

Family: Solanaceae

SubFamily: Solanoideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 02, 2016.

Images

Solandra longiflora