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Berchemia scandens

Botanic Family

Rhamnaceae

Author

(J. Hill) K. Koch

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Guatemala
• Chiapas - Mexico
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Missouri
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia - U.S.A.

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• swamp edge
• creekbed
• woodland
• thickets
• montane areas.

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul Mid to late Summer

Fruiting Times

• Aug

Vigorous twining glabrous woody liana or shrub with stems to 30m. Mucronate leaves to 100mm long. Axillary & terminal panicles or racemes to 50mm long of 4mm green-white to greenish-yellow flowers, glabrous calyx, 5 sepals, 5 petals. Dark blue to black drupe to 10mm x 6mm.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• FOG
• NYBG
• USDA
• Botanicus
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• Academia