Seedling growth of clove-vine (Tynanthus fasciculatus Miers), a liana with medicinal properties, was evaluated under four conditions: forest edge (T1), forest interior (T2), bottom of sloping terrain (T3) and top of sloping terrain (T4). Fifteen seedlings were planted in each treatment. Plant length and number of leaves were recorded monthly for approximately one year. Growth in each treatment was adjusted to simple linear regression models, which were compared by overlapping the obtained confidence intervals. There were significant differences among T1, T2 and T3. Forest edge was the treatment in which seedlings grew better, showing 100% survival and the largest lengths and number of leaves; only in this treatment, the plants developed tendrils in seedlings over 80 cm long.
Bignoniaceae; silviculture and Mata Atlantica
