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Aristolochia ruiziana

Botanic Family

Aristolochiaceae

Author

(Klotsch) Duchartre

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Mijuku (Aguaruna)
• Sapuhuasca (Achuar Jivaro & Quichua)

Geographical Habitats

• Acre - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest
• riverside.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Liana or twining perennial cauliflorous subshrub with coriaceous leaves pilose on nerves beneath to 150mm x 150mm. Racemes of unpleasant smelling whitish flowers with brown markings. Yellow throat, utricle pink with purple nerves 75mm x 30mm, pubescent within , glabrous tube to 35mm x 6mm, mucronate limb to 35mm long, throat to 180mm long.

Used to treat fever.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Bodkin
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE