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Ayenia asterotricha

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Mildbraed) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Riversides
• forests
• seasonally inundated areas
• floodplain forest

Flowering Times

• Oct (Brazil) May-Sep (Ecuador)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (Brazil) Jan
• Feb (Ecuador)

Liana to 15m. Mucronate leaves to 115mm x 70mm. Cream flowers. Yellow or brown spiny globose fruit to 70mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Fl. do Brasil
• Kew
• NYBG