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Mandevilla rugellosa

Mandevilla rugellosa
Photo: Soetjipto Verkuijl, CC0

Mandevilla rugellosa is a tropical South American climbing vine in the dogbane family, grown mainly for its showy flowers. It needs warmth, bright light and well-drained, moist soil to climb and bloom well.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Rich, well-drained potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Toxic: Sap and other parts of Mandevilla plants contain milky latex with cardiac glycosides and can irritate skin and cause stomach upset if swallowed.
Native range
S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mandevilla rugellosa is a species from the genus Mandevilla.

Other Mandevilla plants

White Dipladenia · Huachuca Mountain Rocktrumpet · Mandevilla equatorialis · Mandevilla jamesonii · Chilean Jasmine · Mandevilla sagittarii · Brazilian Jasmine · Shining Mandevilla · Mandevilla torosa · Rocktrumpets

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mandevilla rugellosa 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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