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Ayenia obliqua

Botanic Family

Malvaceae

Author

(Bentham) Christenhusz & Byng

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Goiás
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Guyana
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Inundated areas
• inundated forest
• riverside
• floodplain forest
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Jan (Bolivia) Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug (Brazil) May
• Aug (Venezuela)

Fruiting Times

Scandent glabrous spiny shrub to 6m. Leaves to 65mm x 40mm. Purple flowers in umbels to 5-flowered, petals 3mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• Kew
• JB
• Fl do Brasil