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Aegiphila volubilis

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Moldenke

Common Names

• Sarcilla Huasaca (Peru)
• Ojo de Cangrejo (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• C. Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• riverside
• disturbed forest
• forest edge
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• Nov
• Dec (Ecuador) Mar
• Nov
• Dec (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Peru)

Liana or sprawling shrub to 7m with tetragonal pilose branches & branchlets. Leaves to 150mm x 55mm, pilose on veins above, pubescent beneath. Terminal racemes to 200mm long with few to many-flowered cymes, calyx to 2mm long with 4 lobes, yellowish-white corolla with tube 5mm long & 4 lobes to 3mm long. Orange fruit.

Further References

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