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Adenocalymma apurense

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(HBK) Sandwith

Propagation

C.K.L.S.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• Grenada
• Mexico
• Panama
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Full sun
• river bank
• secondary forest
• flood-plain forest
• lakeside
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jun
• Aug (Belize)
• Jun
• Aug (Brazil)
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct (Colombia)
• May-Sep (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Nov (Brazil)
• Jan (Colombia)
• Aug
• Dec (Costa Rica)

Glabrous climbing tendril vine or shrub to 35m with slightly striated glabrous branches. Coriaceous glabrous 2-3 foliolate leaves downy on veins beneath, leaves to 100mm x 60mm with tendril. Terminal or lateral racemes or spikes of usually 24 x 60mm long yellow aromatic flowers, calyx 7mm long with 2-3 lobes. Oval green fruit 125mm x 20mm turning brown

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• G. Don
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Botanicus
• Kew