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Clusia amazonica

Botanic Family

Clusiaceae (Guttiferea)

Author

Planchon & Triana

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• seasonally inundated areas
• moist riverine forest
• primary forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Sep (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov May
• Jun(Colombia) Jul (Panama)

Hemi-epiphytic twining woody liana or scandent tree with coriaceous leaves to 180mm x 80mm. Many-flowered terminal 80mm long to 200mm long inflorescences, male inflorescence to 100mm long, flowers with 5-6 sepals to 6mm long. Panicles of orange-white flowers to10mm long. Dull purple fruit to 30mm long, greenish to greenish-red to brownish-maroon.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• net
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• HUBM
• Gleason & Moldenke