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Sphinga platyloba is a species of climbing shrub and member of the family Fabaceae.
As seen on the GBIF map for Sphinga platyloba, the species displays a strikingly disjunct distribution, occurring in southern Mexico, especially the Yucatan Peninsula, plus Belize and northern Guatemala, then in a small area of northwestern Costa Rica, and again in northwestern South America.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sphinga platyloba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
