Pararistolochia goldieana

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Aristolochia goldieana, Hook. Whole plant dying down to a large fleshy rootstock: glabrous: Lvs. ovate-cordate or triangular-cordate, acuminate, the base deeply cut: fls. very large, greenish outside but brown-veined and blotched inside, the lower part of the tube straightish and 8 in. long, the upper part sharply bent over and a foot long, with a funnel-shaped, spreading limb a foot or more across, and indistinctly 3-lobed, each lobe terminated by slender appendages; stamens 24. W. Afr. B.M. 5672. G.G. III. 7:521; 21:337. G.M. 33:286. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.