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and the smudging causes color breaks showing green and white
Typical of many other Amazonian plants it is excessively spiny
Develops best foliage color when grown in full sun
A stoloniferous plant to about 24 inches across with 1
The top of the plant and the inflorescence blushes red at anthesis
Matelea congestiflora VIPP 8-12-19 and the smudging causes colorWe are especially proud of this plant, a species we are responsible for introducing to cultivation. A milkweed native to Venezuela, it forms a massive caudex, and produces a deciduous vine with deep green oblong leaves and clusters of small greenish flowers. The caudex grows fat and interesting, with tan bark. We first found this plant growing in rocky soil at the base of cliffs on the old road to Puerto Cabello in Carabobo State where it was often