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{{Taxobox
| common_names = Giant Dutchman's Pipe
| growth_habit = [[Vine]]
| high = 5m (18ft)
| wide = 5m (18ft)
| lifespan = [[Perennial]]
| exposure = Sun, Indoors
| features = Massive flowers
| hardiness = Frost sensitive
| usda_zones = 10-12
| image = Aristolochia_gigantea-giant_dutchmans_pipe.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Aristolochia gigantea''
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aristolochia gigantea''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Piperales]]
| familia = [[Aristolochiaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Aristolochia]]''
| species = '''''A. gigantea'''''
| binomial = ''Aristolochia gigantea''
| binomial_authority = [[Mart.]] & [[Zucc.]]
}}
'''''Aristolochia gigantea''''' ('''Brazilian Dutchman's Pipe''', '''Pelican Flower'''; [[syn.]] ''Aristolochia sylvicola'' [[Paul Carpenter Standley|Standl.]]) is an [[ornamental plant]] native to [[Brazil]], typical of [[Bahia]] and [[Minas Gerais]] [[vegetation]]. This plant is cited in [[Flora Brasiliensis]] by [[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius]].
Origin: Costa Rica, Panama
Evergreen vine, fast growing, 15 feet to 20 feet tall (4.5m - 6m)
Water regularly
Propagation: Cuttings
Spectacular flowers, up to 1 foot long (30 cm)
[[Category:Piperales]]
[[Category:Flora of Brazil]]