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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