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Ayenia ancistrodonta

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Mildbraed) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Amapá
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas. forests
• riversides
• seasonally inundated areas.

Flowering Times

• Aug (Brazil) Jun (Colombia) Sep
• Oct
• Nov (Ecuador) Apr
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr (Ecuador)

Spiny stemmed glabrous liane with aculeate branchlets & leaf nerves. Serrate leaves to 180mm x 80mm. Dark brown to carmine flowers, green sepals to 4.5mm long, petal with claw 1mm long, inflated petal appendage to 1.4mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Kew
• FOPE
• Fl, do Brasil