Echites panduratus

Loroco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Apocynaceae
Genus:	Echites
Species:	E. panduratus
Binomial name
	Echites panduratus; A. DC. (1844)
Synonyms
	Amblyanthera pandurata (A.DC.) Müll.Arg. (1860); Angadenia pandurata (A.DC.) Miers (1878); Echites barbatus Sessé & Moc. (1893) not Desv. ex Ham. (1825) nor D. Dietr. (1839); Echites pinguifolius Standl. (1930); Fernaldia brachypharynx Woodson (1932); Fernaldia glabra (Molina) Lundell (1976); Fernaldia pandurata (A.DC.) Woodson (1932); Fernaldia pandurata var. glabra Molina (1952); Mandevilla potosina Brandegee (1912); Mandevilla velutina K.Schum. (1895); Urechites karwinskii Müll.Arg. (1860);

Echites panduratus (common name: loroco [loˈɾoko]) is a climbing vine with edible flowers, widespread in El Salvador, Guatemala, and other countries in Central America as well as parts of Mexico. The name "loroco" is used throughout Mesoamerica to refer to the species.

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