Aristolochia gigantea Mart.

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Photo: Peter Loewenstein
Elephant Circle Road, Murambi Heights, Mutare

Synonyms:	Howardia gigantea Klotzsch
Common names:	Brazilian dutchman's pipe (English) Dutchman's pipe (English) Pelican flower (English)
Frequency:	Occasionally cultivated but only one record as an escape.
Status:	Cultivated and rarely escaping
Description:	Tall woody climber. Leaves broadly ovate-triangular, acuminate, glabrous above, white-tomentose beneath. Perianth-limb huge, 16-30 × 15 cm, 2-lobed at the base, without a ‘tail’, maroon with paler whitish net-veining. Fruit 8 × 3 cm. glaucous.
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Derivation of specific name:	gigantea: huge, gigantic
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Worldwide distribution:	Brazil
FZ divisions:	E
Growth form(s):	Liane.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Images last updated:	Sunday 28 December 2025
Literature:	Biegel, H.M. (1977). Check-list of ornamental plants used in Rhodesian parks and gardens. Rhodesia Agricultural Journal. Research Report No. 3. Page 25.

Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Aristolochia gigantea

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