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Callaeum psilophyllum

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) D.M. Johnson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Distrito Federal
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Forest margins
• riverside thickets
• creekside
• forest

Flowering Times

• Feb (Argentina) Apr
• May
• Dec (Bolivia) Apr (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Aug (Bolivia) Mar (Brazil)

Woody glabrous liana or twining shrub to 8m, climbing or prostrate. Leaves to 100mm x 50mm. 4-flowered axillary or terminal umbels or racemes of denticulate yellow flowers, petals to 14.8mm x 9.7mm, posterior petal 12.5mm x 7.3mm, claw to 1.1mm wide. 3-winged glabrate mericarp 39mm x 23mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• DMJ
• Fedde
• FBM