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Abuta rufescens

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Aublet

Common Names

• Jadadajamo (Ye'kwana)
• Devildoer (Guyana)
• Abuta Negra (Peru)
• Parèira-brava
• Wy-ya-peé-ta (Yukuna)
• Nee-koó-pa-roo (Tanimuka)
• Batewadodo-peu (Sanama)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• seasonally inundated
• montane rain forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Jun
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Branched twining canopy liana with greenish to dark orange-yellow flowers, grey-green pubescent fruit, male inflorescence to 450mm long, purple inside flowers 1.5mm diameter grey velvety outside, female inflorescence a raceme to 125mm long, leaves velvety beneath

Fruit edible, medicinal uses, arrow poison

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• HUBM
• Gleason & Moldenke