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Abuta racemosa

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Thunberg) Triana & Planchon

Common Names

• Ciruelo (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• streamside
• secondary forest margin

Flowering Times

• Sep-Oct (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-May (Colombia)

Climbing twining shrub to 6m. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 75mm x 32mm. Axillary racemes of solitary or paired green-yellow or white flowers with bracts & bracteoles, green calyx, yellow-green corolla. Coriaceous drupe maturing yellow-orange

Medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus