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Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia, unknown species

Photo by NoelJohnson
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The common name in the West for flowers of this genus is "Dutchman's Pipe". It is a woody climbing vine, with large hairy heart-shaped leaves.

Habitat:

Subtropical and Tropical Forest understory.

Notes:

spotted in the countryside outside Nanning, Guangxi Autonomous District, P.R. China.

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Comments (3)

I have deleted your ID suggestion. You only use this function on spottings other than your own, thanks.
A Google Image search results in zero matches for this flower. It is definitely in the Genus Aristolochia, but this specimen and this species is apparently undocumented and unique.
Welcome to Project Noah NoelJohnson Nice first spotting,congrats and thanks for sharing I notice that the submission date is incorrect,not "Submitted on May 23, 2014" but today's date,ok?you can edit and change it,thanks :-) We hope you like the site as much we do; there are many features you can explore: We invite you to go to http://www.projectnoah.org/faq where you will find the purpose and “rules” of Project Noah. There is a blog http://blog.projectnoah.org/ where we post articles from spotters with special insight into different organisms. Look at the global and local missions to put your spottings into: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions

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