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Appunia tenuiflora

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Bentham) B.D. Jackson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Lowland forest
• seasonally inundated forest
• savanna
• forest

Flowering Times

• Feb (Brazil) Feb (French Guiana) Oct
• Nov (Venezuela)

Fruiting Times

• Jul (Suriname) Jan
• Feb
• Jul (Venezuela)

Scrambling shrub, tree or subshrub with leaves to 75mm, glabrous above. White flowers with minute bracts, calyx with 5 teeth, corolla to 12mm long. Purple fruits to 13mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• JOB