Aristolochia stevensii

Aristolochia stevensii is a native to northwestern Nicaragua and southwestern Honduras. It grows in wet montane forests.

Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Magnoliids
Order:Piperales
Family:Aristolochiaceae
:Aristolochia
:A. stevensii

Aristolochia stevensii is a liana climbing over other vegetation. Stems are woody, up to 2 cm in diameter, the bark tomentose when young, corky when older. Leaves are ovate, up to 17 cm long.

Flowers are borne in racemes in the axils of the leaves, dull yellow with a purple center.

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