Latexplant

Araujia odorata, formerly known as Morrenia odorata, the latexplant or strangler vine, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae, which is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay). This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius. The species is widely cultivated as an ornamental.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Latexplant being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Araujia brachystephana
• Gonolobus sororius
• Araujia angustifolia
• Leptadenia lanceolata
• Araujia sericifera
• Oxypetalum pannosum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Gentianales

Family

Apocynaceae

Genus

Araujia

Species

Araujia odorata

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