Guaco. Mikania spp.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
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Aristolochia grandiflora Sw.
Engl.: pelican-flower, duck-flower.
Deu.: Grossblütige Pfeifenwinde.
Sven.: pelikanpipranka.
Span.: guaco.
Bot. syn.: Aristolochia gigas Lindl., Howardia grandiflora (Sw.) Klotzsch.
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