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Banisteriopsis martiniana

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) Cuatrecasas

Common Names

• Mabudehi (Guyana)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• swamp
• forest

Flowering Times

• Feb-May
• Sep (Panama)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jul

Twining liana or shrub with rusty sericeous young parts, glabrescent stems. Glabrate coriaceous leaves or hairy above to 130mm x 65mm, tomentose beneath. Terminal &axillary many-flowered panicles with bracts, yellow fragrant flowers, sepals to 5mm long, fimbriate petals to 10mm x 8,5mm with claw to 3mm long. Fruits pinkish purple, villous samaras to 28mm x 10mm, nut to 4mm high.

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• LJB
• FOPE
• HUBM