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Bomarea dulcis

Botanic Family

Alstroemeriaceae

Author

(Hooker) Beauverd

Common Names

• Sara-sara
• Ceanto Cimarrón or Huaicha-huaicha or Ichaipaichu or Mullupaycha (Quechua)

Geographical Habitats

• W. Bolivia
• N. Chile
• Colombia
• C. Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• forest margins
• riverside thickets
• rocky slopes
• shrubby grassland

Flowering Times

• Sep (Bolivia)
• Jan-Mar
• Jul-Nov (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• May

Erect to scandent rhizomatous twining herb with glabrous or densely rufo-tomentose stems to 1.5m. Coriaceous leaves to 120m x 8mm, rufo-pilose beneath. Glabrous umbels to 45mm long with bracteoles to 70mm x 8mm, pendulous pink flowers with purple tips and spots inside, yellow inside, red sepals to 30mm x 15mm, red or yellow, green-tipped petals to 30mm x 10mm, seeds orange.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• FOPE
• Kew