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Mansoa alliacea
Garlicvine is a tropical woody liana (climbing shrub) from South America, grown for its garlic-scented leaves and showy climbing habit. It needs warm, humid, frost-free conditions and some support to climb.
Mansoa alliacea, or garlic vine, is a species of tropical liana in the family Bignoniaceae. It is native to Northern South America, and has spread to Central America and Brazil.
Mansoa alliacea has been exported overseas, and grows in the favourable climates of (for example) Puerto Rico, Southern Africa, Thailand and India. It is cultivated in the West Indies. Among the mestizos of the Amazon rainforest it is known as ajo sacha, a Spanish-Quechua name that means "forest garlic" or "wild garlic".
It is native to tropical South America, where it can be found growing wild in the tropical rainforests of Brazil (including the Amazon forest), Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and also in Costa Rica.
Mansoa difficilis · Membranous Garlicvine · Mansoa verrucifera · Garlicvine
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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.
