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Cayaponia granatensis

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

• Canjinfa'cho (Cofan)
• Kaguiwenka (Huao)
• Sidiyukwa (Venezuela)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Panama
• N. Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• forest remnant
• forest edge
• partially inundated forest
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• Dec (Brazil)
• Jan-Mar (Colombia)
• Mar (Costa Rica)
• Feb (Ecuador)
• Sep (Panama) Feb-May (Peru)
• Feb-Mar (Venezuela)

Fruiting Times

• Nov (Colombia)
• Mar (Costa Rica)
• Jul-Sep (Ecuador)
• Feb-Apr (Venezuela)

Herbaceous monoecious tendril vine to 30m with scabrous angular glabrous stems. Entire or 2-3 lobed coriaceous leaves to 220mm x 280mm. Trifid to 5 parted tendrils to 250mm long. Inflorescence with bracts. Racemes of white to yellow-green fragrant flowers, fringed at margin, green calyx. White male flowers in axillary fascicles, sepals to 5.5mm x 1mm, petals to 5mm x 3mm. Female flowers whitish-green in axillary racemes of 2-4, sepals to 2mm x 1mm, petals to 12mm x 6mm. Glabrescent fruits maturing red to 60mm x 45mm.

Medicinal uses of seeds, edible fruit.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• WFO
• MP
• Fl do Brasil