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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Mendoncia puberula''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Mendoncia]]''
| species = '''''M. puberula'''''
| binomial = ''Mendoncia puberula''
| binomial_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
}}

'''''Mendoncia puberula''''' is a plant species in the family [[Acanthaceae]] (or according to some specialists in the family [[Mendonciaceae]]).

It is a [[climber]] with opposite, entire ovate leaves somewhat hairy abaxially, which renders the species its [[epithet]]. 

The [[fruit]] is a [[drupe]], resembling a dark [[grape]]. The flowers are surrounded by two [[bract]]s.

The species' native habitat are the [[Atlantic Forest]] and [[Cerrado]] of [[Brazil]].

==See also==
* [[List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil]] 
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]] 

==References==
* {{pt icon}} [http://www.mma.gov.br/conama/ CONAMA] (1999) '''[http://www.lei.adv.br/261-99.htm Resolução CONAMA Nº 261, de 30 de junho de 1999]'''

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[[Category:Acanthaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of Brazil]]