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Aegiphila racemosa

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Vellozo

Common Names

• Cawuira
• Wanini

Geographical Habitats

• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Maranhão
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• thicket
• forest edge
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct Jul (Venezuela) Feb
• Jun
• Dec (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec Apr (Brazil)

Liana, shrub or tree to 2.5m or prostrate or scandent shrub with leaves to 125mm x 45mm hairy beneath. Axillary or terminal panicles of fragrant cream or yellow-green flowers with bracts & bracteoles, calyx 5mm long with 4 lobes, corolla to 5mm long. Red or orange drupe 11mm diameter.

Further References

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