Common Vines & Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

This guide provides an overview of the most commonly encountered vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. It is based on the comprehensive guide by Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez. The pdf of the original work, which has additional information and illustrations as well as a ...more ↓

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Asparagus Fern ¹
Asparagus setaceus

Barbieria pinnata ²

Paper-flower ³
Bougainvillea glabra

Beach Bean ⁴
Canavalia rosea

Cayaponia americana ²

ahuichichi ²
Cayaponia racemosa

Gallitos ⁵
Centrosema pubescens

Butterfly Pea ⁶
Centrosema virginianum

bejuco de agua ²
Chamissoa altissima

canchak-ché ⁷
Chiococca alba

colorín ⁸
Cissampelos pareira

Sorrelvine ⁷
Cissus trifoliata

uva ¹
Cissus verticillata

cuaan ⁹
Cuscuta americana

Cynophalla flexuosa ²

creeping beggarweed ¹⁰
Desmodium incanum

drooping forked fern ¹¹
Dicranopteris flexuosa

Dicranopteris pectinata ⁵

ak'il-makal ¹²
Dioscorea alata

Amphilophium lactiflorum ²
Distictis lactiflora

Dolichandra unguis-cati ¹

bejuco leñatero ²
Gouania lupuloides

escobillo ¹³
Heteropterys laurifolia

bejuco colorado ²
Hippocratea volubilis

Hylocereus trigonus ²

Ipomoea fimbriosepala ²

Beach Morning Glory ¹⁴
Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea repanda ²

quiebraplato ¹²
Ipomoea tiliacea

Littlebell ¹⁵
Ipomoea triloba

Lomariopsis sorbifolia ¹³

frijolillo de monte ¹
Macroptilium lathyroides

Marcgravia trinitatis ²

Matelea maritima ¹⁶

Creeping cucumber ¹⁷
Melothria pendula

moradilla ¹⁸
Merremia umbellata

asumiate ¹⁹
Mikania cordifolia

Mimosa ceratonia ²

Bitter Melon ²⁰
Momordica charantia

Myriopus volubilis ²

Neorudolphia volubilis ²

Passion Fruit ²¹
Passiflora edulis

Stinking Passionflower ²²
Passiflora foetida

Passiflora pallida ²

Passiflora rubra ²³

bejuco campana ²
Pentalinon luteum

kudzu tropical ²⁴
Pueraria phaseoloides

Least Snoutbean ²⁵
Rhynchosia minima

Schlegelia brachyantha ²

Mirliton ²⁶
Sechium edule

Securidaca virgata ²

Serjania polyphylla ²

Smilax coriacea ²

Sphagneticola ulei ²

Sticherus bifidus ¹³

Stigmaphyllon emarginatum ²

Black-eyed Susan Vine ²⁷
Thunbergia alata

Bengal trumpet ²⁸
Thunbergia grandiflora

Tournefortia bicolor ¹³

bejuco negro ²
Trichostigma octandrum

Varronia polycephala ²

Hairypod Cowpea ¹⁷
Vigna luteola

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Common Vines & Climbing Plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands

Asparagus Fern 1 Asparagus setaceus

Paper-flower 3 Bougainvillea glabra

Beach Bean 4 Canavalia rosea

ahuichichi 2 Cayaponia racemosa

Gallitos 5 Centrosema pubescens

Butterfly Pea 6 Centrosema virginianum

bejuco de agua 2 Chamissoa altissima

canchak-ché 7 Chiococca alba

colorín 8 Cissampelos pareira

Sorrelvine 7 Cissus trifoliata

uva 1 Cissus verticillata

cuaan 9 Cuscuta americana

creeping beggarweed 10 Desmodium incanum

drooping forked fern 11 Dicranopteris flexuosa

ak'il-makal 12 Dioscorea alata

Amphilophium lactiflorum 2 Distictis lactiflora

bejuco leñatero 2 Gouania lupuloides

escobillo 13 Heteropterys laurifolia

bejuco colorado 2 Hippocratea volubilis

Beach Morning Glory 14 Ipomoea pes-caprae

quiebraplato 12 Ipomoea tiliacea

Littlebell 15 Ipomoea triloba

frijolillo de monte 1 Macroptilium lathyroides

Creeping cucumber 17 Melothria pendula

moradilla 18 Merremia umbellata

asumiate 19 Mikania cordifolia

Bitter Melon 20 Momordica charantia

Passion Fruit 21 Passiflora edulis

Stinking Passionflower 22 Passiflora foetida

bejuco campana 2 Pentalinon luteum

kudzu tropical 24 Pueraria phaseoloides

Least Snoutbean 25 Rhynchosia minima

Mirliton 26 Sechium edule

Black-eyed Susan Vine 27 Thunbergia alata

Bengal trumpet 28 Thunbergia grandiflora

bejuco negro 2 Trichostigma octandrum

Hairypod Cowpea 17 Vigna luteola