Araujia odorata | |
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Araujia odorata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Apocynaceae |
Genus: | Araujia |
Species: | A. odorata |
Binomial name | |
Araujia odorata | |
Araujia odorata, [1] [2] [3] formerly known as Morrenia odorata, the latexplant or strangler vine, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae, which is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay). [4] [5] [6] [7] This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental. [8]
Morrenia odorataHort. ex D.G. Kuntze not (Hook. & Arn.) Lindl. now Mikania glomerata [9]