''Mansoa alliacea'', or garlic vine, is a species of tropical
liana in the family
Bignoniaceae
Bignoniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales commonly known as the bignonias or trumpetvines.Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. ''Flowering Plant Families of the World''. Firefly Book ...
. It is native to Northern South America,
and has spread to
Central America
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and Brazil. Among the
mestizos of the
Amazon rainforest it is known as ''ajo sacha'', a Spanish-Quechua name that means "forest garlic" or "wild garlic".
''Mansoa alliacea'' has been exported overseas, and grows in the favourable climates of (for example) Puerto Rico,
Southern Africa
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,
Thailand
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and India.
It is cultivated in the West Indies.
Gallery
File:กระเทียมเถา Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A (12).jpg, Mansoa alliacea in Thailand
File:กระเทียมเถา Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A (16).jpg, Mansoa alliacea Flowers Close up in Thailand
File:กระเทียมเถา Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A (24).jpg, Mansoa alliacea in Thailand
File:กระเทียมเถา Mansoa alliacea (Lam.) A (17).jpg, Mansoa alliacea in Thailand
References
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Flora of northern South America
Flora of Puerto Rico
alliacea
Flora without expected TNC conservation status