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Banisteriopsis scutellata

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Grisebach) B. Gates

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janiero
• São Paulo - Brazil

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Feb (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

Liana with leaves to 127mm x 73mm, velvety above, tomentose beneath. Axillary 4-flowered umbels in racemes with bracts & bracteoels to 2mm of pink or yellow flowers, sepals to 2mm x 1.6mm, white fimbriate petals to 5mm x 5mm, posterior petal to 4mm x 4mm. Fruit a nut to 8mm x 5mm with wing to 30mm x 13mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• Neotropical Flora