Welcome!
Within this sight you will find
information on various aspects of the flowering
vine Argyreia nervosa. Argyriea
nervosa is a tropical climbing vine native
to India, that can grow up to 30 ft. tall. It has bright pink, trumpet
shaped, flowers that are 2 in. across and 6
in. in length, and large leaves (about one foot across) with white down on the
underside.
People have used Argyreia nervosa for many years as part of the practices of traditional Indian medicine Ayurveda, is grown as a garden plant, and some use it as a psychedelic drug similar to Psilocybe cubensis.
This site is part of a larger project
through the Organismal Biology course at University of Wisconsin La Crosse. To
view the sites from previous years check out
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/.
Photographs of A. Nervosa on this site are
provided by Andre Benedito.
Check out
Andre's Flickr page. Other Photos are from Wikipedia commons or diagrams I
made using MS Paint/OpenOffice Draw.