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Araujia odorata

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Hooker & Arnott) Fontella & Goyder

Common Names

• Sipua (Aba)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• roadside

Flowering Times

• Nov-Jun (Argentina)
• Aug (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Twining vine or subshrub with trilobed leaves to 75mm long. Corymbs of fragrant yellow-green flowers to 25mm wide, 5-lobed corolla. Dark purple & green fruit.

Medicial uses, leaves eaten, immature fruit roasted & eaten

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• de Candolle
• Kew
• JOB