Matelea pilosa

Thank you to David Tarrant for today's photograph. It was taken in El Charco del Ingenio in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Thanks again, David!

The genus Matelea contains approximately one hundred and eighty species distributed in subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas. Collectively, these twining vines are known as the milkvines, a common name similar to their cousins the milkweeds (the genus Asclepias). Matelea pilosa is a relatively unknown species (few search engine results, no common name), but the Neotropical Herbarium Specimen database at the Field Museum does have a scanned specimen online. Posted by: Daniel Mosquin    Source