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Aegiphila mediterranea

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Velloso

Common Names

• Canelón Jhu (Paraguay)

Geographical Habitats

• Misiones - Argentina
• Bahia
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• gallery forest
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Oct (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr (Paraguay

Tree to 6m with sometimes scandent branches. Leaves to 150mm x 50mm. Many-flowered axillary cymes of greenish-white to cream flowers, calyx tube to 5mm with teeth. 4-sectioned red capsule

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Kew