Cydista aequinoctialis
Photos taken at home of Natalia Peter in Kepinle, Kolonia.
- Cydista aequinoctialis
- Family: Bignoniaceae
- Chuukese name: Niniku
- English name: Garlic vine
- Kosraen name (if named in Kosraen)
- Pohnpeian name: Tuhkehn Karlik
- Yapese name (if named in Yapese)
- Growth form: Vine
- Growth location: terrestrial
- Growth environment: cultivated garden
- Growth zone: Carribean
- Average height: indefinite
- Stem--twining stem. The bark is woody and the color is brown.
- Leaf arrangement: whorled
- Stipule--absent
- Petioles--3 cm, and smooth surface
- Leaf blade--obovate, entire, acute, pinnate,
- Inflorescence--verticil, funnelform, superior
- Floral bracts--not present
- Flower--zygomorphic
- Calyx--
- Corolla--papilionaceous, 5 parts, lavender, pink, white, 1-2cm.
- Stamens--not present
- Ovary-superior, fused, green
- Style--not present
- Fruit--not present
- Seed--not present
- Anything else--the flower smells good
- Cultural usage: marinating barbecue
Natalia and Shinmaysin contemplate the vine:
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