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Blakea repens

Botanic Family

Melastomataceae

Author

(Ruiz & Pavon) D. Don

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• riverine forest
• forest
• cloud forest
• disturbed forest

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec (Bolivia) Jan (Colombia) Jan
• Mar
• Oct (Ecuador) JApr- Jan (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Sep (Bolivia) Oct
• Dec (Peru)

Hemi-epiphytic scandent or erect tree or shrub or climbing herb to 20m with young parts puberulent becoming glabrate, stem-rooting. Leaves to 210mm x 120mm, pilose beneath. Inflorescence with bracts to 15mm + long. White flowers with margins purple-pink or red to purple-red flowers, calyx lobes to 5mm long, pink petals to 20mm long. Red fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• CPLC
• Novon