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Anthodon decussatum

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Pará
• Rondonia
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• primary forest
• forest edge
• floodplain forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Dec (Bolivia)
• Aug-Sep (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Sep (Bolivia)

Glabrous twining liana or shrub to 18m with crenulate or serrated glabrous leaves to 110mm x 50mm. Pale greenish-yellow or white scented flowers in many-flowered axillary cymes or panicles to 50mm x 60mm with bracts to 2mm long, flowers to 8mm wide, petals to 4mm x 2mm. Green to yellow fruit to 140mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOPE