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Alternanthera brasiliana
Alternanthera brasiliana
- Botanic Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Author
- (Linnaeus) Kuntze
Common Names
- Brazilian Joyweed
- Iscancel Chiquito or Escancé Gigante (Spanish)
Geographical Habitats
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Leeward islands
- Mexico
- Netherlands Antilles
- Nicaragua
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Venezuela
- Venezuelan Antilles
- Windward islands
Natural Habitats
- Disturbed areas
- gallery forest
- river islands
- thickets
- streamside
- forest edge
- riverside
- coastal
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
Scandent, erect or decumbent glabrescent annual or perennial shrub, herb or liana with pilose or glabrate branches. PIlose or glabrous leaves to 100mm x 40mm. Terminal spikes to 250mm x 12mm with bracts & bractlets to 2mm long, 5mm long white or yellow flowers, pilose tepals to 5mm, pilose sepals to 5mm long
Naturalised in some areas
Medicinal
Further References
- Mobot
- FOH
- Neotrop
- Exotica
- The Plant List 2
- NAF
- Fope
- FOG
- SAFIO
- CPLC