Aristolochia cymbifera

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Read about Aristolochia cymbifera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Aristolochia cymbifera, Mart. & Zuce. (A. labiosa, Sims). Glabrous: st. striate: lvs. reniform, obtuse and deeply cut at the base, pedately 7-9-nerved, long-stalked : fls. long-stalked. 8-10 in. long, strongly 2-lipped; the upper lip short and lanceolate, acute or acuminate; the lower lip (which, by position of fl. may seem to be the upper) very large, dilated at base, and produced into a long, boat-shaped (whence the name, from cymba, a boat) usually 2-lobed projection; fl. creamy white, marked and blotched with maroon. Brazil. B.M. 2545. P.M. 6:53 (as A. hyperborea, Paxt.).


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