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Callaeum septentrionale

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) D.M. Johnson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• riverside
• forest
• disturbed areas
• riversides

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Jun (Mexico)

Shrub to 3m with trailing or twining branches. Leaves to 95mm x 40mm, glabrous above, tomentose or glabrate beneath. Umbels of yellow flowers, hairy petals to 17mm x 14mm, posterior petal 15.3mm x 10.5mm with claw 2mm wide. 3-winged mericarp, wings 55mm x 21mm.

Medicinal uses

Further References

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