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Codonanthopsis caribaea

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

(Urban) Chautems & M. Perret

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Leeward Islands
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• riverside
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (Guadeloupe)
• Nov (Tobago)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Jul (Guadeloupe)
• Nov (Tobago)

Climbing or decumbent vine with pilose stems becoming glabrescent. Leaves to 80mm x 45mm, mostly glabrous. Solitary or up to 4 axillary white flowers 35mm long, sometimes yellow in throat, 5 segmented green calyx to 12mm x 4mm, corolla to 35mm x 3mm with lobes to 10mm long. Reddish fruit to 16mm x 12mm with persistent sepals to 20mm x 5mm.

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• SAFIO