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Banisteriopsis megaphylla

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) B. Gates

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

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

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• forest
• gallery forest
• thorn forest
• wooded grassland

Flowering Times

• Nov-Apr (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Apr
• Nov (Brazil)

Scrambling vine or sometimes climbing shrub to 2.5m. Leaves 125 mm x 120mm. Terminal or axillary panicles of 18mm diameter flowers, petals white with pink claws & fringe or yellowish pink, 8mm petals. Red fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• MNHN