Tibey Trepador

Hillia parasitica Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 18. 1760
Hillia longiflora Sw. Prodr. 58. 1788.
Shrub, 0.5-2 meters high, epiphytic upon trees, often pendent, the branches stout, brown; stipules oblong or oval, 1-2.5 cm. long, thin, obtuse or rounded at the apex; petioles stout, 0.4-2.5 cm. long; leaf-blades obovate, oval, elliptic-oval, or oval-obovate, 5.5-14 cm. long, 2.2-6 cm. wide, acute or obtuse at the base, usually rounded or very obtuse at the apex and cuspidate-acuminate, with an acute or obtuse acumen, sometimes acuminate, thick, brightgreen, concolorous, lustrous above, the lateral veins mostly obsolete; bracts large, stipulelike; hypanthium cylindric, 3-5 mm. long; calyx-lobes 6, linear-lanceolate, obtuse, about 4 mm. long, sometimes wanting; corolla-tube 6t10.5 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, the 6 lobes lanceolate or lance-oblong, 2.5-4 cm. long; anthers 4-6 mm. long; capsule 4-12 cm. long, 7-9 mm. thick, brown; seed-body 2-3 mm. long, the brown or yellowish coma 8-12 mm. long.
Type locality: Martinique.
Distribution: Widely distributed in the West Indies; also from Venezuela to Ecuador and Brazil; reported from Mexico.

Hillia parasitica est une espèce de plantes de la famille des Rubiacées, originaire d'Amérique tropicale et des Antilles.

Hillia parasitica là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thiến thảo. Loài này được Jacq. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1763.