Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Mesechites repens (Jacq.) Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 229. 1878
Echites repens Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 13. 1760. Mesechites lanceolata Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 230. 1878.
Glabrous suffrutescent liana; leaves membranaceous, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-6 cm. long, 0.3-2.5 cm. broad, shortly acuminate to obtuse and usually mucronulate, rounded and very obscurely cordate at the base, the petioles 1-6 mm. long; inflorescence axillary, much surpassing the leaves, conspicuously dichotomous, bearing several to numerous, pale-pink or cream-colored flowers; pedicels 1-3 mm. long; calyx-lobes narrowly lanceolate, 1.5-2 mm. long; corolla salverform, the tube 10-15 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes broadly obovate-dolabriform, 7-9 mm. long; follicles 15-20 cm. long, conspicuously moniliform.
Type locality: Near Cape HaUien, Haiti.
Distribution: Hispaniola.
- bibliographic citation
- Robert Everard Woodson, Jr. 1938. (ASCLEPIADALES); APOCYNACEAE. North American flora. vol 29(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
