The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

Common name: ספלול נפוח, ספלול נפוח

Family: Aristolochiaceae

Synonym: Aristolochia gibbosa

Distribution: Central America

Habitat: Coastal thickets

Life form: Woody climber

Etymology: Aristolochia means "good delivery", other species of the genus were used to help in childbirth

In memory: of Nizza Yaffe-Ovadia, a teacher of nature and life.

Description: A woody vine, reaching 5m in length. The stems are hairless. Leaves alternate, lanceolate to heart shaped, upper surface hairless, lower surface puberulous. The flowers are yellow, they resemble an oval vesicle, 1cm acrossfrom which a 7-17mm long, slightly curved tube, that ends in a wide opening, like an ear – emerges.. The fruit is a ribbed capsule, 7-10 cm long.