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Hippocratea
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Hippocratea

Hippocratea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Celastraceae, usually lianas, native to tropical and subtropical North America, South America and Africa.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Medicine Vine

speciesHippocratea volubilis

Hippocratea myriantha

speciesHippocratea myriantha

velvet paddle-pod

speciesHippocratea buchananii

wax paddlepod

speciesHippocratea pallens

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 157651.