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Arthrostemma ciliatum

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

Pavon ex D. Don

Common Names

• Jasmin Montes (El Salvador)
• Cana Agria (Mexico)
• Nitro (Guatemala)
• Nitro Dulcé
• Cana de Cristo
• Chamajij
• Nitro
• Tzelectza

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela (Extinct - Cuba)

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge swamp
• forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• May
• Jul

Fruiting Times

Sometimes scandent perennial scrambling succulent herb with quadrangular herbaceous stem. Serrulated leaves ciliated on margin to 60mm x 30mm. Deep pink flowers in few-flowered panicles, petals 25mm long. Fruit capsule to 20mm long. Foliage has acid flavour.

Naturalised in some places

Foliage chewed as a refresher

Further References

• Herklots 1976
• FOH
• Neotrop
• FOG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE