Mandevilla splendens
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Mandevilla splendens, also called Dipladenia splendens, is an evergeen vine
Vine
A vine in the narrowest sense is the grapevine , but more generally it can refer to any plant with a growth habit of trailing or scandent, that is to say climbing, stems or runners...

 belonging to the Mandevilla
Mandevilla
Mandevilla is a genus of plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae, the Periwinkle family. It consists of about 100 species, mostly tropical and subtropical flowering vines....

genus and native to Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

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Mandevilla splendens climbs by twining and can grow to 3 meters (10 feet) high. It has wide green leaves of elliptical or rectangular shape which grow to 20 cm (8 in) long. The flowers are pink with yellow centers, and it flowers from late spring to early summer. It prefers temperatures remaining over 10°C
Celsius
Celsius is a scale and unit of measurement for temperature. It is named after the Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius , who developed a similar temperature scale two years before his death...

 (50 °F
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the German physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit . Within this scale, the freezing of water into ice is defined at 32 degrees, while the boiling point of water is defined to be 212 degrees...

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