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Callaeum antifebrile

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Grisebach) D.M. Johnson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Pará
• Mato Grosso - Brazil
• SE. Colombia
• N. Ecuador
• Peru
• NW. Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside vegetation
• moist forest
• montane areas
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Oct
• Nov (Brazil) Dec (Ecuador) Mar
• Apr
• May
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Nov (Brazil) Dec (Ecuador) Jan
• May
• Nov(Peru)

Liana, woody vine or climbing shrub to 12m. Mucronate leaves to 120mm x 52mm. Axillary 4-flowered umbels, racemes or panicles of yellow flowers,scented, petals 14.6mm x 9.8mm, posterior petal 11.6mm long x 7.3mm with claw to 1.5mm wide. 3-lobed mericarp, lobes ridged occasionally bearing wings 10mm x 5mm, dark green fruit

Medicinal, social

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• DMJ
• HVAA