Mandevilla torosa (Jacq.) R. E. Woodson

Mandevilla torosa (Jacq.) Woodson, Ann. Mo
Bot. Gard. 19: 64. 1932.
Echiies torosa Jacq. Bnum. PI. Carib. 13. 1760.
Echites torulosa I,. Sp. PI. ed. 2. 307. 1762.
Echites torosa var. Brownei A. DC. in DC. Prodr. 8: 449. 1844.
Amblyantkera torosa Muell.-Arg. Linnaea 30: 446. 1860.
Echites Brownei Muell.-Arg. I^innaea 30: 446. 1860.
Mesechites torulosa Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 229. 1878.
Meseckites Brownei Miers, Apoc. S. Am. 232. 1878.
Stiffrutescent twiner, occasionally somewhat trailing; leaves firmly membranaceous, elliptic, 2-7 cm, long, 0.7-3 cm. broad, acute to acuminate, gradually narrowed and obscurely cordate at the base, usually glabrous, rarely minutely puberulent, the petioles 1.5-4 mm. long; racemes alternate-axillary, corymbiform or subcorymbiform, about as long as the leaves, bearing 3-12, white or cream-colored flowers of medium size; pedicels 7-10 mm. long; calyxlobes lanceolate-triangular, acuminate, 1.5-2 mm. long, glabrous, the squamellae in alternate groups of 4 or 5 ; corolla salverform, glabrous externally, the tube 4r-6 mm. long, about 1 mm. in diameter at the base, the lobes obliquely oblongob ovate, 4-5 mm. long, spreading; stamens inserted about the middle of the corollatube, the anthers 2 mm. long; nectaries about half as long as the ovary; follicles conspicuously moniliform, usually somewhat falcate, 9-20 cm. long, glabrous or rarely minutely puberulent-papillate.
Type I.OCALITY: Jamaica. Distribution: Jamaica; Yucatan.

Mandevilla torosa is a species of plant from Jamaica, which is extending its population towards southern Mexico. It has two varieties called "southern typical variety torosa" and "northern variety coulteri".

Mandevilla torosa là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ La bố ma. Loài này được (Jacq.) Woodson mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1932.