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7. Aristolochia elegans Mast.wfo-0000547763
Gard. Chron. 2: 301. 1885; Schmidt, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni. Veg. 23: 299. 1927; Phuphathanaphong, Thai For. Bull. (Bot.) 15: 40. F. 20. 1985. Fig. 1: B, 9.
Accepted Name : Aristolochia littoralis Parodi.
Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 5: 155. 1878.
Description : Woody climber, stem glabrous. Leaves with pseudo-stipules, leaf-like, amplexicaul, ± 1.2 by 2 cm; petiole 3.5–4 cm, slender, glabrous; lamina triangular 4–5.5 by 6–7 cm, base cordate, margin entire, apex rounded or obtuse, glabrous on both sides, but young leaves pubescent, palmately finely 3-nerved, venation reticulate, obscured. Flowers solitary, large; pedicel and ovary 7–8.5 cm. Perianth white or greenish with purple-black mottlings; utricle obliquely ellipsoid, 2.5–3 by 1.2–1.5 cm, tube bent upwards, 1.2–2 by ± 0.5 cm, limb orbicular, 5–7 cm diam. Anthers linear, ± 4 by 1 mm. Gynostemium ± 5.8 by 4.5 mm, stigmatic lobes 6, flattened, outside apically pubescent, with margins recurved outwards. Fruit not seen.
Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (cultivated); CENTRAL: Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) (Bangkhen, cultivated).
Distribution : Brazil.
Ecology : Cultivated.