Posoqueria latifolia
| Posoqueria latifolia | |
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| On Bastimentos Island, Panama | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Posoqueria |
| Species: | P. latifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult.
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Posoqueria latifolia, the needle flower, is a lower level rainforest tree species growing to about 15 m (49 ft) height, in the family Rubiaceae. Its range stretches from southern Mexico to the Amazon Jungle in South America. It also goes by the name Boca de Vieja (mouth of the old lady) and its fruit is known as monkey apple. Its most remarkable feature is the floral tube of the white flower, which is only 2 or 3 mm wide, but up to 17 cm (6.7 in) long.[1] It is pollinated by a sphinx moth.
References
[edit]- ^ Fayaz, Ahmed (2011). Encyclopedia of Tropical Plants. Buffalo, N.Y.: Firefly Books. p. 579. ISBN 978-1-55407-489-1.
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