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Membranous Garlicvine

Mansoa hymenaea

Also called Membranous Garlic Vine

Membranous Garlicvine
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Membranous Garlicvine is a tropical woody climber from the trumpet-vine family, native from Mexico through tropical America. It needs warmth, humidity and a sturdy support to grow well.

Family
Bignoniaceae (Trumpet-vine family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile potting mix or garden loam.
Temperature
18–32 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Mansoa hymenaea is a species of liana in the family Bignoniaceae. It is native to Mexico through South America.

Other Mansoa plants

Garlicvine · Mansoa difficilis · Mansoa verrucifera · Garlicvine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mansoa hymenaea 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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