Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.
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Distribution: Originally cultivated, but escaped and naturalized, very prolific. In disturbed coastal areas, thickets, and dry forests. Also on Vieques, Anegada, St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, and Tortola. Native to Mexico but widely cultivated throughout the Antilles, South America, and the tropics in general.
Public Forests: El Yunque and Río Abajo.
Antigonon leptopus, commonly known as Mexican Creeper, coral vine, bee bush or San Miguelito Vine, is a species of flowering plant in the buckwheat family, Polygonaceae, it is a perrenial, that is native to Mexico. It is a vine with pink or white flowers(Antigonon leptopus 'alba' ). It is called bee bush in most Caribbean islands.
Invasive species[edit]
It is listed as a category II invasive exotic by the Florida's pest plant council.
Description[edit]
Antigonon leptopus is a fast-growing climbing vine that holds via tendrils, and is able to reach 25 ft or more in length. It has cordate (heart shaped), sometimes triangular leaves 2½ to 7½ cm long the flowers are borne in panicles, clusted along the rachis producing pink or white flowers from spring to autumn, it forms underground tubers and large rootstocks, it is a prolific seed producer, the seeds float on water, the fruit and seeds are eaten and spread by a wide range of animals such as pigs, raccoons and birds. The tubers will resprout if it is cut back or damaged by frost.
Uses[edit]
Antigonon leptopus was prepared for consumption by the aboriginal inhabitants of Baja California in a way reminiscent of popcorn. The seeds were toasted by placing them in a flat basket made of flexible twigs torn into several strips and woven to make a solid surface. On top of the seeds they would put live coals, and with both hands they would shake the basket so that the coals come up against the seeds, toasting them but not burning the basket. When the toasting is finished the burned out coals are removed and a major portion of the seeds are burst open exposing a white meal. Afterwards the seeds are separated from the husks from which they have come by dextrously tossing them into the air with the basket, just as wheat is winnowed in Spain. Thus cleaned they would grind and eat the prepared meal. They would also boil it and make fried cakes.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Taxon: Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn.". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2007-06-06. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved May 16, 2014.
- ^ http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3628552
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Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Mysore Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
introduced; Ala., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., S.C., Tex.; Mexico; Central America; introduced in West Indies, Asia, Africa.
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Distribution: Native of Mexico, commonly cultivated in Pakistan and other parts of the world for showy bright pink flowers.
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Plants herbaceous or base some-times woody. Stems climbing or sprawling by tendrils, branched, angular, to 15 m, sparsely to densely brownish- or reddish-pubescent or glabrous. Leaves: ocrea 0.2-2 mm; petiole often winged distally, 1-2.5(-5) cm, glabrate or pubescent; blade 5-14 × (2-)4-10 cm, base usually cordate, margins ciliate, apex acute to acuminate, glabrous or pubescent, especially on veins. Inflorescences 4-20 cm, axes puberulent to pilose; peduncle angular, 1-5 cm, puberulent to pilose. Pedicels articulated proximally, 3-5(-10) mm, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers: tepals ovate to elliptic, 4-8 × 2-6 mm, 8-20 × 4-15 mm in fruit, margins entire, apex acute. Achenes 8-12 × 4-7 mm, shiny. 2n = 14, 40, 42-44, 48.
Antigonon leptopus is cultivated widely as an ornamental in warmer parts of the world and is grown extensively in South America. In the flora region, it appears to have naturalized only in Florida and southern Texas; records from elsewhere probably represent plants that have persisted from cultivation. It propagates easily by cuttings and seeds, and the tubers are edible.
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Woody climber, with tuberous root, stem angular, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, blade 3-8 cm long, 1.5-5 cm broad, hastate-ovate, triangular or cordate-ovate, simple, hairy above, densely towards margin, glabrescent below; petiole 1-2 cm long. Inforescence a raceme ending into a branched tendril. Flowers showy; pedicel 3-8 mm long with sparsely spreading simpe hairs. Perianth segments 5, bright pink, 6-15 mm long, 3-7 mm broad, very reticulately veined. Stamens 8, 3-7 mm long, sparsely hairy throughout; anthers oblong. Carpels 3; ovary ovoid, trigonous, glabrous, 3-4 mm long; styles 3 with capitate stigma. Nut c. 5 mm long.
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Antigonon leptopus Hooker y Arn.
Bejuco poco leñoso que trepa mediante zarcillos y alcanza 5-13 m de largo. Tallos puberulentos, pentagonales, con numerosas ramificaciones laterales. Hojas alternas; láminas 5-14.5 × 2-7 cm, ovadas, triangular-ovadas o sub-lanceoladas, cartáceas, el ápice agudo o acuminado, la base cordiforme o truncada, los márgenes crenulados, a veces ciliados; haz verde claro, poco lustroso, puberulento, con la nervación hundida; envés verde pálido, opaco, puberulento o glabro, con la nervación prominente; pecíolos cilíndricos o sub-alados, rojizos, 1-5 cm de largo, puberulentos. Flores en racimos axilares o panículas terminales, 10-20 cm de largo, puberulentos, terminando en un par de zarcillos espiralados; pedicelos 3-4 (10) mm de largo. Perianto de 5 tépalos, 4-7 mm de largo, ovados o elípticos, rosado intenso o blancos, sub-cordiformes en la base; columna estaminal 2-3 mm de largo, del mismo color que los tépalos. Aquenio ovoide, 5-8 mm de largo.
Fenología: Florece todo el año, aunque más predominante de junio a diciembre.
Estatus: Exótica, naturalizada, localmente muy común.
Especimenes Estudiados: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 1811; 5267; 11265; 11468; Goll, G.P. 75; 648; Sargent, F.H. s.n.; Shafer, J.A. 2706; Sintenis, P. 953; Stevenson, J.A. 530.
Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beechey Voy. 308, t. 69. 1838.
Slightly woody vine that climbs by means of tendrils and attains 5-13 m in length. Stems puberulent, pentagonal, with many lateral branches. Leaves alternate, ovate, triangularovate, or almost lanceolate, chartaceous, 5-14.5 × 2-7 cm, the apex acute or acuminate, the base cordiform or truncate, the margins crenulate, sometimes ciliate; upper surface light green, slightly shiny, puberulent, with the venation sunken; lower surface pale green, dull, puberulent or glabrous, with prominent venation; petioles 1-5 cm long, reddish, puberulent, cylindrical or subwinged. Flowers bisexual, in axillary racemes or terminal panicles, 10-20 cm long, puberulent, terminating in a pair of spiral tendrils; pedicels 3-4(-10) mm long. Perianth 4-7 mm long, of 5 ovate or elliptical tepals, intense pink or white; staminal column 2-3 mm long, of the same color as the tepals. Achene ovoid, 5-8 mm long.
Phenology: Flowering throughout the year, although more predominantly from June to December.
Status: Exotic, naturalized, locally very common.
Selected Specimens Examined: Acevedo-Rdgz., P. 1811; 5267; 11265; 11468; Goll, G.P. 75; 648; Sargent, F.H. s.n.; Shafer, J.A. 2706; Sintenis, P. 953; Stevenson, J.A. 530.
Habit: Climbing shrub