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Chiococca pachyphylla

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Wernham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• humid forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov May-Sep (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov Aug-Dec (Costa Rica)

Shrub, tree or scandent vine, glabrous branchlets, leaves glabrous 140mm x 60mm, axillary racemes or panicles with minute bracts to 2mm long of fragrant white or yellow flowers, glabrous calyx 3mm long, glabrous corolla reddish outside yellowish or white within 8mm x 5mm with lobes 6mm long, flattened glabrous white fruits maturing brown to 10mm with persistent calyx

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Flora Costaricensis
• Kew