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Woolly woodvine

Sabicea villosa

Woolly woodvine (Sabicea villosa) is a climbing or shrubby perennial from the coffee family, native to wet tropical forests and wetlands from Mexico through Central and South America and Puerto Rico. Keep it warm, humid and consistently moist, with some shade.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub, Climber, Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and do not let it dry out, as it prefers wetland conditions.
Soil
Rich, moist, well-draining organic mix.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Sabicea villosa, the woolly woodvine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a perennial dicot with both vine and shrub growth habits that prefers wetlands locations. It is a native plant of Puerto Rico, Central America and South America.

Sabicea villosa grows in the rainforest ecosystem on Barro Colorado Island in the Panama Canal that is currently being studied by scientists from the Smithsonean Tropical Research Institute.

Other Sabicea plants

Sabicea amazonensis · Sabicea amomii · Sabicea batesii · Sabicea brasiliensis · Largeflower woodvine · Sabicea medusula · Sabicea pedicellata · Sabicea pyramidalis · Sabicea stenantha · Sabicea xanthotricha · Woodvine

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sabicea villosa 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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