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Bronwenia ferruginea

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Cavanilles) W.R. Anderson & C.Davis

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahia
• Espirito Santo
• Goiás
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo
• Sergipe - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Aug

Fruiting Times

Scandent twining shrub with glabrescent lenticellate branches. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 145mm x 62mm, glabrous above, glabrescent rusty beneath. Terminal or axillary racemes or panicles with bracts & bracteoles to 1.5mm, 6-10 13mm diameter yellow flowers, sepals to 3mm x 3mm, petals to 5mm x 4mm. Pubescent fruit with erect wings, samaras 22mm x 10mm, nut 6mm x 6mm.

Further References

• Neotrop
• Mobot
• FB
• Niedenzu
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Fl. do Brasil