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Aegiphila macrantha

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Ducke

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Pará
• Roraima - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edge
• coastal forest
• primary forest
• seasonally inundated forest

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Oct (Venezuela) Jan
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Brazil) Aug (French Guiana) Oct (Guyana) Sep (Suriname)

Fruiting Times

• Mar (Brazil) Dec (Venezuela) Jun (Guyana)

Large twining liana to 30m or tree. Leaves to 140mm x 80mm. Axillary cymes to 80mm long with bracts to 20mm long, 15mm white or cream flowers strongly fragrant, yellowish-green calyx to 9mm x 7mm with 4 lobes, corolla to 28mm long with tube to 3.5mm widening to 8mm. Dark green to brown fruit to 35mm x 30mm turning yellow, fruiting calyx to 25mm x 40mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYN
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew
• ABRJ