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Callichlamys latifolia
Callichlamys latifolia
- Botanic Family
- Bignoniaceae
- Author
- (L.C. Richard) K. Schumann
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Argentina
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Amazonas
- Amapá
- Bahia
- Espírito Santo
- Goiás
- Maranhão
- Mato Grosso
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais
- Pará
- Piauí
- Rio de Janeiro
- Rondonia
- Roraima
- São Paulo
- Tocantins - Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- S. Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Suriname
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
- Tropical rainforest
- riverside
- disturbed areas
- forest
- riverine forest
- savanna
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec (Brazil) Aug (Colombia)
Fruiting Times
Very large glabrous or tomentulose tendril liana with lenticellate striate furrowed whitish branches & branchlets. 2-3 foliate with coriaceous glabrous leaflets to 190mm x 110mm, glabrous above & hairy beneath. Short terminal or axillary racemes or spikes to 160mm long, of 110mm yellow scented flowers with red lines inside, 32mm lobes, limb to 80mm wide, inflated calyx 40mm long, yellow glabrous corolla to 90mm long. Woody yellow glabrous fruit capsule to 400mm x 115mm.
Used for rubber, food, medicine
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Herklots 1976
- Mobot
- NYBG
- Neotrop
- FB
- The Plant List 2
- G. Don
- Botanicus
- FOPE
- Kew
- Standley
- Fl. do Brasil