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Cryptostegia grandiflora
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Cryptostegia grandiflora, commonly known as rubber vine, is a woody perennial vine native to south-west Madagascar. It has become a significant invasive weed in northern Australia, sometimes regarded as the worst weed in the country, after being introduced widely for its attractive flowers and latex containing commercial-quality rubber. It is now naturalized across the Caribbean, East Africa, Mauritius, India, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Latin America, the southern United States, Fiji, and New Caledonia, and closely resembles the purple rubber vine, also native to Madagascar.
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