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Blepharodon grandiflorum ssp. crassifolium

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Schlechter) Morillo

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• Guyana
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• shrubland
• rain forest
• caatinga
• savanna
• floodplain forest

Flowering Times

• Nov (Brazil)
• Aug-Dec (Venezuela)

Fruiting Times

Twiner with glabrous stems. Glabrous leaves to 60mm x 30mm. Umbelliform cymes of 5-7 flowers, calyx segments 1.5mm long, 5-parted corolla 20mm diameter, petals to 2.5mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• NKBGB