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Aristolochia cornuta

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

Masters

Common Names

• Too-chee-ka-pee (Puinave)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Floodbank
• canopy primary forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Aug (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

Twining liana with corky stems. Mucronate coriaceous leaves to 250mm x 75mm, glabrous avove & pubescent beneath with basal lobes. Many-flowered axillary racemes to 75mm long. Flowers mottled green & brownish purple, yellow flowers, red hairs inside, red veins, 20mm x 5mm with tube 12mm x 2mm, column 2mm long. Fruit 80mm x 35mm.

Further References

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