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Banisteriopsis laevifolia

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) B. Gates

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Mato Grosso
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rondonia
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• semi-deciduous forest
• riverside
• riverine forest
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• May

Liana or erect or scandent shrub with glabrate branchlets. Leaves to 110mm x 70mm, hairy beneath. 300mm panicles or umbels with bracts & bractlets to 2mm long of 15mm wide yellow flowers, petals 8mm long. Red-brown fruits, samara wings to 40mm x 40mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE