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Calycobolus glaber

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(Kunth) House

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Gallery forest
• savanna
• forest
• riverside
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May (Bolivia) Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov (Brazil) Aug
• Nov (Colombia) Oct (Venezuela)

Fruiting Times

• Dec (Venezuela)

Glabrous woody twiner or herbaceous vine to 7m. Glabrous mucronate leaves to 170mm x 60mm with pellucid dots. Axillary 3-11-flowered cymes or panicles with bracteoles to 2mm long, white flowers slightly tinted blue or green flowers maroon at base or with pale blue lobes. Outer sepals to 22mm x 25mm, inner sepals to 6mm long, corolla to 20mm long with erect lobes. Persistent calyx on fruit to 28mm x 31mm , brown to maroon glabrous fruit to 7mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• G.Don
• Botanicus
• Kew
• CUMH