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Aegiphila membranacea

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Turczaninow

Common Names

• Tabaquillo

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• secondary vegetation
• lowland tropical rain forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Liana, small tree, herb or tall shrub with leaves to 250mm x 65mm, glabrate except for puberulent nerves. Terminal panicles to 150mm long with bracts & bractlets to 5mm long, pale green to yellow flowers, puberulent calyx to 3.3mm long, yellowish corolla with glabrate tube to 4mm long with lobes 4.5mm long x 2mm. 10mm glabrous orange or yellow fruit with glabrate calyx to 4mm x 10mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew