Jade Vine – FranLaff.com

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Common Name

Jade Vine

Scientific Name

Strongylodon macrobotrys

More Clues to ID

The local Philippines call this woody vine “tayabak”. Related to the green beans we grow in our gardens, this species’ unique turquoise claw-shaped flowers are pollinated by bats.

Asa Gray, the famous Harvard-educated botanist, first named this species in 1854, as part of a huge inventory of plants collected by the US Exploring Expedition.

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This Philippine jungle plant is a liana — a woody vine — that has distinctive hanging clusters of unique horn-shaped flowers, pollinated by bats!

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These plants CAN be a nuisance, with some species having stinging hairs… BUT they are edible and highly nutritious, with various other uses as well!

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This dark-colored cup fungus grows in small clumps on hardwood, starting out nearly closed and tender enough to be eaten, and maturing into a more opened cup, becoming too tough to be of much use

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