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Alternanthera lanceolata

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

(Bentham) Schinz

Common Names

• Jatupeador (Bolivia)
• Borrachero (Colombia)
• Cancer Bláncor (Colombia)
• Cancer Morado (Colombia)
• Descancé or Descancel (Colombia)
• Discancer Chiquito or Discancer Grande (Colombia)
• Moradilla (Colombia)
• Sanguineria (Colombia)
• Yuyo de Monte(Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Btazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Galapagos
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Moist rain forest
• dense forest
• streamside forest
• thickets
• forest edge
• gallery forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Sometimes scandent annual or perennial decumbent or erect slender herb to 2m with pilose stems becoming glabrate. Pilose leaves to 130mm x 50mm or more. Axillary & terminal inflorescence to 11mm x 8mm with glabrous white bracts to 10mm x 8mm & villous bractlets, pink or white flowers to 3.5mm x 1.5mm, 5 glabrous greenish-white sepals to 3.5mm x 1mm.

Medicinal

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• FOG
• Standley
• Mobot
• Flora de Colombia