Loroco

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

Fernaldia pandurata (common name: loroco [loˈɾoko]) is a vine with edible flowers, widespread in Mexico and Central America.

Fernaldia pandurata is an important source of food in El Salvador and Guatemala. The plant's buds and flowers are used for cooking in a variety of ways, including in pupusas.

The name "loroco" is used throughout Mesoamerica to refer to Fernaldia pandurata.

Fernaldia pandurata is a herbaceous vine with oblong-elliptical to broadly ovate leaves 4–13 centimetres (1.6–5.1 in). long, 1.5–8 cm broad, inflorescences are generally somewhat shorter than the leaves, with 8–18 flowers, the pedicels 4–6 mm. long; bracts ovate, 1–2 millimetres (0.039–0.079 in) long; calyx lobes ovate, acute or obtuse, 2–3 mm. long; corolla white within, greenish outside.

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