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Ayenia australis

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(A. Saint- Hilaire) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Paraná
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Aug (Argnetina) Oct
• Nov (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

Armed twining liana or shrub with thorns to 2mm long. Glabrous leaves to 85mm x 30mm. Up to 9-flowered umbels of purple flowers 4mm long, calyx to 3mm long, corolla tube with 5 dentate lobes. Glabrous fruit to 10mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• Botanicus
• FBM