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Ampelocissus mesoamericana

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Lombardi

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• savanna
• lakeside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb (El Salvador)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May-Aug (El Salvador)

Liana with glabrescent, lenticellate, cobwebby young branches becoming glabrescent. Leaves to 93mm x 97mm with toothed margin sometimes slightly 3-lobed. Panicles to 254mm x 370mm of 2.6mm red flowers, glabrous calyx 0.7mm diameter, 5 petals 2.6mm x 0.8mm. Fruit a 10mm purple berry.

Further References

• Botanicus
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Novon