A white Mandevilla flower with five spreading lobes and a yellow throat beside a reddish bud

Mandevilla (species unidentified)


Native from Mexico through tropical America, this genus includes woody climbing vines, subshrubs and herbs. Its flowers have a tubular base that opens into five spreading lobes, forming funnel-shaped or salver-shaped corollas. The fruits are slender pods, sometimes with a beadlike outline, containing numerous seeds tipped with a tuft of hairs. The genus was named for Henry John Mandeville, who introduced plants to Europe. Photographed in Colombia.

White and pale yellow Mandevilla flowers open beside pink-green buds on a leafy stem

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