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Collaea speciosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Loiseleur-Deslongchamps) de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NE. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Espirito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Cloud forest
• riverside
• montane forest
• shrubland
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Oct
• Dec

Sometimes climbing tomentose vine or erect herb or shrub to 3m. Pilose branchlets, trifoliate leaves with leaflets to 70mm x 20mm, glabrous above & tomentulose beneath. Racemes of bright red or purple flowers with a white centre, in a cross-like axillary inflorescence (4 flowers at right angles), pubescent calyx to 20mm long, corolla to 30mm long, standard pilose outside. reddish-brown tomentose legume 75mm x 14mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• NYBG
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE