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Ampelocissus javalensis

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Seemann) W.D. Stevens & A. Pool.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• thickets. Grapes very sour.

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Jun
• May
• Oct

Climbing or prostrate tendril vine with glabrous striate stems. Dentate mucronate angulate leaves to 160mm long, somewhat lobed, pubescent above, glabrate beneath. Cymes of brownish to bright scarlet flowers, staminate flowers in dense or large cymes. Bronze fruit to 20mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• Kew
• Standley
• JB
• The Plant lIst 2