Family: Apocynaceae
Group: Dicot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Vine
Substrate:
Terrestrial
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies, peninsular Florida, Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for mangrove swamps in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (Grand Bahama, Andros, New Providence, Crooked Island). Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 1138, 1140-1142, with illustrations) for along the margins of mangrove swamps and in thickets near the sea, also standing in fresh or brackish water, nearly throughout the Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 5, 3).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Rhabdadenia paludosa.
