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Calyptrion arboreum

Botanic Family

Violaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Paula-Souza

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Maranhão
• Pará
• Rondonia
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Gallery forest
• riverbanks
• creekside
• lakeside
• floodplain forest
• swamp forest
• woodland
• savanna

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Dec

Liana or twining shrub, stems striated with white spots. Serrate crenulate glabrous leaves to 90mm x 50mm. Very fragrant white flowers to 40mm long with spur longitudinally half twisted, in terminal fascicled racemes with bracts. 60mm long spotted green to brown capsule.

Medicinal

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• UPFC