Echites umbellatus

Echites umbellatus is a flowering vine in the family Apocynaceae, commonly referred to as devil's potato.[1] It was first described in 1760 by Dutch botanist, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin. The species grows in parts of Florida, Tabasco, Yucatán Peninsula, Belize, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Colombian islands in the Western Caribbean.[2]

Echites umbellatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Echites
Species:
E. umbellatus
Binomial name
Echites umbellatus
Jacq. (1760)

It is a perennial with white flowers[3] and is toxic.[4]

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