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Banisteriopsis stellaris

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Grisebach ) B. Gates

Common Names

• Marmelinha da Flor Branca (Brazil)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rondônia
• São Paulo
• Tocantins - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• scrubland
• gallery forest
• wooded savanna
• thorn scrub
• forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Oct (Bolivia) Dec-Oct (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun (Bolivia) Jan-Oct (Brazil)

Glabrous tree or twining liana to 7m with lenticellate branches. Glaucous leaves to 122mm x 65mm, glabrous above, glabrous or silky beneathy. Terminal & axillary 4-flowered umbels of 15mm diameter fragrant white or pink flowers aging yellow, sepals to 4mm x 3mm, 4 fimbriate petals with central red spot, petals to 8.5mm x 8mm, posterior petal to 6mm x 5mm. Greenish-red samaras, nut 8mm x 6mm, wing 21mm x 11mm.

Further References

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