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Abuta sandwithiana

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Krukoff & Barneby

Common Names

• Ecápeha (Jarawara)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Rondonia - Brazil
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Suriname

Natural Habitats

• Seasonally inundated areas
• high forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul

Tree or liana with male inflorescence a racemose panicle with 3 outer sepals to 0.4mm, 3 inner sepals to 1.5mm. Fruit maturing pale yellow

Medicinal uses, ingredient in curare

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke