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Adelobotrys boissierianus

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Humid forest
• remnant forest
• primary forest
• forest margin

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (Ecuador)
• Jul-Aug(Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Aug-Dec (Peru)

Hemi-epiphytic climber or woody liana with leaves to 110mm x 80mm, glabrate above, hispid beneath. Many-flowered panicles to 200mm long of large pink & white flowers, calyx to 7mm long with lobes 2mm high, petals to 10mm long.

Further References

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