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Ayenia catalpifolia

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Jacquin) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Antilles
• NE. Argentina
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Bahia
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Savador
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Nigeria
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Sudan
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Uganda
• Venezuela
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest edge
• disturbed forest
• primary forest
• riverine forest
• thickets
• streamside
• coastal thickets

Flowering Times

• Oct-Nov Feb

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Apr Nov

Large unarmed liana or tree with leaves to 200mm long, glabrous above, nearly so beneath. Axillary or terminal cymes or panicles to 75mm long of 10mm white flowers, sepals to 6.5mm long, petals 10mm long with 2mm claw. Fruit a black spiny semi-globose capsule to 22mm x 35mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOG
• FOPE
• Standley