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Banisteriopsis argyrophylla

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) B. Gates

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Mato Grosso
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• forest
• scrubland
• woodland
• forest edge
• forest remnants

Flowering Times

• Dec-Jun (Brazil) Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May (Paraguay)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (Brazil)

Scrambling shrub or liana to 5m. Coriaceous leaves to 120mm x 85mm, white-tomentose beneath, glabrous above. Terminal & axillary corymbs, scented flowers, racemes or umbels of fragrant white or yellow flowers to 18mm diameter aging reddish, petals 9mm diameter. Red fruit samaras 40mm x 10mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2