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Aegiphila hoehnei

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Moldenke

Common Names

• Laurel de Oriyero

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• cloud forest
• creekside
• secondary woodland
• disturbed cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov Nov (Brazil)
• Jul
• Aug (Panama)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Nov (Brazil)
• Jan (Panama)

Woody vine to 4m, tree or shrub with tetragonous villous branches. Coriaceous leaves to 125mm x 60mm, setulose above and densely villous beneath. Terminal & axillary many-flowered panicles or cymes of green, yellow or white flowers, villous calyx to 10mm x 6mm with 4 lobes, white corolla tube to 7.2mm long. Orange fruit to 16mm x 10mm with a persistent calyx.

Further References

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