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Ayenia cordata

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Lamarck) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• dry forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May (Peru)

Fruiting Times

Shrubby liana with pilose angled thorny stems to 20m. Serrate mostly glabrous leaves to 50mm x 25mm. Calyx segments 3mm long, petals to 6mm long. Spiny fruit to 10mm diameter, spines to 3mm long.

Further References

• Kew
• FOPE
• Mobot