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Cayaponia jenmanii

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

C. Jeffrey

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Acre
• Bahia
• Maranhão
• Pará
• Rondônia
• Roraima - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• river edges periodically flooded
• rainforest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar

Fruiting Times

• Aug

Monoecious liana.Trilobed or triparted leaves to 190mm x 160mm with denticulate margins. White acillary staminate flowers, sepals to 12mm x 4mm, petals to 15mm x 8mm. Axillary white pistillate flowers, sepals to 7mm x 4mm, petals to 15mm x 9mm. Green glabrescent fruits aging red 40mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Fl do Brasil
• WFO