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Columnea domingensis

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

(Urban) B.D. Morley

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Hispaniola

Natural Habitats

• Montane forest
• riverside
• montane shrubland

Flowering Times

• Jan-May (Hispaniola)

Fruiting Times

Epiphytic climbing or trailing vine to 3m with pilose stems. Pilose leaves to 50mm x 25mm with crenate margins, purple beneath. Solitary axillary red & yellow flowers with purple sepals to 15mm long, yellow corolla to 25mm x 6mm.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• SAFIO
• The Plant List 2