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Aristolochia acutifolia

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Duchartre

Common Names

• Sachawila Wanga Muyu (Quichua/ Spanish) Capitan Shuba Mirogulachi (Cayapa)

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Acre
• Pará - Brazil
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• flood bank
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Oct (Brazil) May
• Oct (Colombia) May
• Jul (Peru) Apr (Venezuela)

Fruiting Times

• Dec (Brazil)

Pubescent twining vine with striate stems. Leaves glabrous above, pubescent beneath. Yellow flowers flushed brown or maroon & white or yellow-green stripes in axillary cymose racemes with minute bracts. Fruit maturing black to 55mm x 40mm

Medicinal use of leaf decoction for stomach pains

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2