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Amphilophium pannosum

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(de Candolle) Bureau & Schumann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Dry scrub
• forest edge
• disturbed forest
• tropical forest

Flowering Times

• Dec (Bolivia) May
• Jul
• Nov (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• May (Bolivia)

Tendril vine to 10m with hirsute branches. Coriaceous leaves to 130mm x 100mm, with 2-3 leaflets hirsute above & floccose beneath & a tendril divided into 3. Terminal racemes or panicles of flowers purple to white, hirsute calyx tube to 8mm x 10mm with lobes to 6mm long, glabrous red or purple in centre with a yellow corolla to 25mm long. Tuberculate hirsute green capsule to 10mm x 30mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew
• Standley
• HUA
• Academia