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Asplundia isabellina

Botanic Family

Cyclanthaceae

Author

Harling

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed forest
• forest
• riverine forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Mar (Colombia) Jan (Costa Rica) Jul
• Aug (Ecuador) Mar
• Jul (Panama)

Fruiting Times

• Mar (Ecuador) Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov (Panama)

Hemi-epiphytic twining, root-clasping vine to 10m. Glabrous leaves to 360mm long, bifid to 5/6 of length with segments to 35mm wide. Spathe white outside, cream spadix. Infructescence to 50mm x 20mm, yellow-orange fruit.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Jstor
• MPCR