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Ayenia coriacea

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Britton) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

• Chachíkun Neré (Achual Jívaro)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forest
• riversides
• seasonally inundated areas
• swamps

Flowering Times

• Apr-Dec (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb (Peru)

Glabrous high-climbing liana to 10m with thorny branches, spines to 4mm x 5mm. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 200mm x 90mm. Many-flowered inflorescence with pubescent bracts, green & purple flowers, tomentose sepals to 4mm long, petals to 3mm long with claw to 1.5mm long. Green fruits.

Further References

• Mobot
• Kew
• FOPE
• BTBC
• FOPE