Mazhar Botanic Garden

Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn

Coral Vine Queen's Wreath Coralita

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000256
English name: Coral Vine, Queen's Wreath, Coralita
Arabic name: كراكولا
Native: Mexico
Country: Mexico
(PGR): Common

Fast-growing climbing vine to 12m leaves heart shaped flowers bright pink in axillary and terminal panicles fruit an achene, strongly angled at tip, about 1 cm

Widely grown as an ornamental, where it can be used as a ground cover, the plant is also sometimes harvested for its edible root and leaves.

Corculum leptopus Stuntz, Antigonon cordatum M Martens & Galeotti

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Texture: Chalk Clay Loam Sandy
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Seeds
Flowering time: Late summer to early winter
Zone: 11

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