English: Brazilian snake-root.
Synonym: Aristolochia glandifera.
Region: south America, Brazil.
Habitat: prefers a well-drained, humus-rich, loamy soil and a position in full sun or partial shade.
Source: Murphy, Homeopathic Recorder.
Use: medicinal; ornamental, its flowers.
BotanyShrub; climbing; evergreen; perennial; to 7 m tall.
Flower: hermaphrodite; showy yet so sinister, hanging as like tattered and stained rags; flowers from May to June; form an intricate trap for pollinating insects; which are eventually released.
Pollination: by flies.