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Anomospermum reticulatum

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Martius) Eichler

Common Names

• Wild Avocado
• Gogo de Guariba

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Espírito Santo
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rondônia
• Roraima
• São Paulo
• Tocantins - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• floodplain forest
• riverside
• savanna
• rain forest
• riverine forest
• swampy vegetation

Flowering Times

• Sep (Bolivia)
• Oct-Jul (Brazil)
• Aug-Apr (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Nov-Mar (Brazil)
• Apr-Jun (Colombia)

Twining liana to 7m with leaves to 125mm x 50mm. Yellow flowers, male flowers to 3mm diameter. Orange fruits.

Medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Fl. do Brasil