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Bignoniaceae

Membranous garlicvine

Mansoa hymenaea (DC.) A.H.Gentry

Family
Bignoniaceae
Genus
Mansoa

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Membranous garlicvine: A neotropical vine with a garlic smell, known in the Neotropics as Ajillo. Photo from the Indio Maiz Reserve, southeastern Nicaragua. In context at www.dixpix.c
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.