Mazhar Botanic Garden

Petrea volubilis L.

Purple wreath Sandpaper vine

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000302
English name: Purple wreath, Sandpaper vine
Arabic name: بتريا
Native: Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay
Country: Bolivia Brazil Paraguay
(PGR): Common

Vigorous vine to 4-12 m leaves simple, oblong-elliptic, scurfy flowers lilac

It is often grown as an ornamental in the tropics, valued especially for its display of blue flowers. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Petrea amazonica Moldenke, Petrea arborea Kunth

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Texture: Moist Loam Sandy
Fertility: High
Drainage: Well drained
Salinity: Intermediated
Water Sources: Moderate Water
Climates: Subtropics Tropical
Lights: Full sun
Propagation: Cuttings
Flowering time: Spring and summer
Zone: 11
pH range: Range of 5.6 to 7.5
Status: Cultivated
Life span: Perennial
Habits: Climber
Sample Type: Introduced - cultivated
Collecting Sources: Botanical garden
Plant Uses: Medicinal Ornamental
Plant Populations density: Cultivated
Vegetation types: Evergreen
pH: Neutral Mild acid Mild alkaline

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