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Aegiphila martinicensis
Aegiphila martinicensis
- Botanic Family
- Lamiaceae
- Author
- Jacquin
Common Names
- Chirapa Sacha (Peru)
- Wild jasmine
- Bois de Bouc
- Bois de Cabril
- Bois de Fer
- Bastard White-root
- Bois Cabrit
- Capaillo
- Lengua de Vaca
- Sureau Gros
Geographical Habitats
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Leeward islands
- Chiapas - Mexico
- Panama
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Venezuela
- Virgin Islands - USA
- Windward Islands
Natural Habitats
- Secondary vegetation
- forest
- ancient volcanic crater
- disturbed forest
- primary forest
- marshy forest
- thickets
- coastal
- forest edge
- montane forest
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- Jul
- Aug
- Se
- Oct
Fruiting Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- Jun
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Liana, tree or shrub to 7m with leaves to 200mm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulent. Lax cymes forming a terminal thyrsoid panicles to 170mm long, scented cream, white or yellow-green flowers with musky odour, puberulent or glabrous calyx to 3mm long, white or pale yellow corolla, tube to 6mm long, 4 corolla lobes to 6mm long. Orange or yellow-orange drupe to 13mm long
Further References
- Mobot
- Neotrop
- The Plant List 2
- Gleason & Moldenke
- Kew
- SAFIO
- Standley