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Camptosema spectabile

Botanic Family

Fabaceae

Author

(Tulasne) Burkart

Common Names

• Taape

Geographical Habitats

• Bahia
• Minas Gerais
• São Paulo - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• May (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

High-twining climber with puberulous stems. Glabrescent leaves, terminal leaflet to 120mm x 55mm. Red or purple flowers in pseudoracemes to 400mm long, flowers to 65mm, calyx tube to 16mm, standard to 50mm x 20mm with claw to 10mm, wing petals to 60mm x 9mm. Puberulous legume 150mm x 18mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Fl. do Brasil