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Aegiphila elegans

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Moldenke

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forests
• woodland
• secondary forest
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Aug May
• Aug (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Liana to 6m or shrub with strigose leaves to 150mm x 75mm. Panicles with bractlets 10mm long, greenish-white or yellow-green flowers, calyx 5.5mm x 4.5mm, yellowish corolla with glabrous tube 6.2mm long & 4 lobes 4mm long. 5mm diameter yellow to orange fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew
• Jstor