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Abuta imene

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Martius) Eichler

Hardiness Zone

Medicinal

Common Names

• Devildoer (Guyana)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Pará
• Rondônia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Amazonas - Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• inundated river margin
• riverside
• forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov

Woody branched twining liana with glabrous branches, coriaceous leaves to 120mm x 50mm. Puberulent inflorescence, pale yellow-green to reddish flowers, tendrils, yellow fruit to 20mm long, flattened pods, male racemes to 100mm long flowers 1mm diameter with 6 minute sepals & 6 petals, female raceme to 75mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Rusby