Bignoniaceae
Membranous garlicvine
Mansoa hymenaea
- Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Genus
- Mansoa
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- مانسوة زفافية
- English
- Membranous garlicvine
Synonyms
- Adenocalymma alboviolaceum Loes.
- Adenocalymma ciliolatum S.F.Blake
- Adenocalymma hosmeca Pittier
- Adenocalymma laevigatum Mart. ex DC.
- Adenocalymma laevigatum Bureau & K.Schum.
- Adenocalymma macrocarpum Donn.Sm.
- Adenocalymma pohlianum Bureau & K.Schum.
- Bignonia hymenaea DC.
- Bignonia laevigata Klotzsch
- 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 var. 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
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced
Photos

Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Membranous garlicvine: 蒜香藤屬 Mansoa hymenaea [新加坡植物園 Singapore Botanic Gardens]](/plants/mansoa-hymenaea/photos/af3249c6cfe12bb1-l.webp)
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.