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Clusia insignis

Botanic Family

Clusiaceae

Author

Martius

Common Names

• Mata Palo (Colombia)
• Menetawe/menetawemo (Huao)

Geographical Habitats

• Venezuela
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname

Natural Habitats

• Evergreen forest
• riparian forest
• savanna forest
• riverside
• forest
• disturbed forest
• primary forest
• montane savanna
• caatinga

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Hemi-epiphytic liana or tree with showy purple-red flowers to 120mm wide or yellow flowers or maroon calyx, white flowers with maroon margins & maroon inside to 125mm across smelling of rancid butter, petals 60mm long, 10mm long fruit

Further References

• net
• Neotrop
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• HUBM