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Abuta vaupesensis

Abuta vaupesensis
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Abuta vaupesensis is a wild climbing vine in the moonseed family, native to the wet tropical forests of northwestern South America. It is not a common garden plant, so care information is limited and mostly inferred from related Abuta species.

Family
Menispermaceae (Menisperm family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-draining, humus-heavy mix
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Abuta vaupesensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is a climber.

Abuta vaupesensis is native to Colombia and Venezuela. The species was described in 1970. It is used in medicine, and its conservation status has not been evaluated.

Where it grows

Abuta vaupesensis is native to Colombia, Venezuela, and probably Brazil. Within Colombia, it is present in the Vaupés Department.

Other Abuta plants

Abuta grandifolia · Abuta grisebachii · Abuta imene · Abuta rufescens · Abuta

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abuta vaupesensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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