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Anemopaegma chrysoleucum

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth) Sandwith

Propagation

C.S.

Common Names

• Kalaman (Wayana)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• floodplain forest
• riverside
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Aug (Belize) Jan
• Mar
• Jun
• Nov (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Aug (Belize) Mar
• Jun
• Jul (Brazil)

Large woody glabrous tendril vine to 9m with tetragonal striated glabrous branches, simple tendrils. Glabrous leaflets to 200mm x 100mm, puberulous or glabrate above. Axillary 2-3 flowered inflorescence of fragrant 115mm yellow flowers or cream with orange lines in throat, white limb, strong lemon fragrance, glabrous calyx to 13mm long, yellow or white corolla to 80mm long with limb to 45mm wide, glabrous outside. Glabrous broad pods to 115mm long ripening brown.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Herklots 1976
• Huxley 1992
• P & R 1997
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• JAA
• FOPE
• Kew
• Standley