Posoqueria latifolia

Posoqueria latifolia, the needle flower, is a lower level rainforest tree species to about fifty feet (fifteen meters) in height. It is in the Gardenia family (Rubiaceae). Its range stretches from southern Mexico to the Amazon Jungle in South America. It also goes by the name Boca de Vieja (mouth of the old lady) and its fruit is known as monkey apple. Its most remarkable feature is the floral tube of the white flower, which is only 2 or 3 mm wide, but up to seven inches (17 cm) in length.^[1] It is pollinated by a sphynx moth.

Posoqueria latifolia
On Bastimentos Island, Panama
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Posoqueria
Species:	P. latifolia
Binomial name
Posoqueria latifolia (Rudge) Schult.