Common name: Chilean Jasmine
Mandevilla laxa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson APNI* 
Description: Woody climber, older stems with many prominent lenticels.
Leaves ovate, 5–18 cm long, 1.5–5 cm wide, apex acuminate, base cordate, finely reticulate, lower surface pale green and glaucous, almost glabrous with numerous hairy domatia and with 3–6 small raised glands at the base of the midvein on the upper surface; petiole 2.5–3.5 cm long, reddish, slender.
Flowers 4–7 cm diam.; white or pale pink. Calyx c. 10 mm long. Corolla tube 25–35 mm long. Anthers 10 mm long.
Follicles cylindrical, 25–40 cm long, curved and cohering at the tips.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grown in gardens and naturalized in several areas, recorded for Comboyne, Dorrigo, Sydney and Tamworth districts. Native of Bolivia and Argentina.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *ST, *NWS
Text by G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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