Aristolochia gibertii Hook. is a perennial evergreen vine of the Aristolochia genus in the Aristolochiaceae family. The whole plant is hairless, and the leaves alternate in an egg shaped heart-shaped to kidney shaped manner, with a paper like texture The flowers are solitary in the axils of the leaves, and the perianth is fused into a trumpet shape. The base is enlarged and has dark purple spots and brown mesh patterns. The tongue shaped plates rise obliquely at the mouth of the tube, resembling a pipe as a whole The capsule is long and cylindrical with a dorsal ridge, and when mature, it splits open at the stem and hangs in a basket like shape.
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