Abuta
(native name). ORD. Menispermaceae. A strong growing ornamental stove evergreen climber. Used Medicinally in Cayenne. Flowers dioecious, fascicled, males racemosely panicled; female loose and simply racemose. It grows freely in a mixture of loam and peat. Cuttings will root readily if planted in a pot of sand, with a hand glass placed over them, in heat. About half-a-dozen species are known. rufescens (rusty-coloured). fl. grey-velvety on the outside, dark purple on the inside. March. l. ovate; under surface brownish. h. 10ft. Cayenne, 1820.