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Centropogon preslii

Botanic Family

Campanulaceae

Author

E. Wimmer

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• S. Colombia
• Ecuador
• N. Peru

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• mountain slopes
• cloud forest. Whole plant poisonous to eat?

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

Scandent ferrugineous-tomentose shrub with denticulate leaves to 70mm x 25mm, sparsely pilose above & tomentose beneath. Axillarty tomentose orange-red flowers, yellow inside, yellow tips, with bracteoles, denticulate sepals to 11mm long, red corolla to 32mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew