Rubber vine, Cryptostegia grandiflora, Apocynaceae. Madagascar and Tropical East Africa.

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Rubber vine, Cryptostegia grandiflora, Asclepiadaceae. Madagascar and Tropical East Africa. Rubber vine, is a woody-perennial vine that is native to south-west Madagascar. It is a significant weed in northern Australia, sometimes regarded as the worst weed in all of Australia. It has also been introduced to most other tropical and subtropical regions by man, because of its attractive flowers and the fact that its latex contains commercial quality rubber (hence the name). It is now naturalised in the Caribbean, East Africa, Mauritius, India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Latin America, the southern United States, Fiji and New Caledonia.

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Location: Tropical East Africa
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