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Abuta solimoesensis

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Krukoff & Barneby

Common Names

• Ampihuasca
• Cotorunto (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• Acre
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Suriname

Natural Habitats

• Seasonally inundated areas
• riverside
• disturbed forest
• primary forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Dec (Brazil)
• May-Jun (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• May (Brazil)
• Mar (Colombia)
• Apr-Jun (Peru)

Twining liana to 20m with tendrils. Glabrous coriaceous leaves. Yellowish green or white flowers. Green fruit in racemes maturing yellow to orange.

Food

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Fl. do Brasil