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Columnea hirta

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

Klotzsch & Hanstein

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Wet forest
• cut-over forest
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

Root-climbing pendent branched epiphyte, pubescent all over with red-villous stems. Pilose leaves to 30mm long. Green toothed pilose calyx lobes to 15mm long, 80mm red/orange flowers, yellow between lobes, pilose scarlet corolla to 70mm long with tube to 40mm x 8mm, lower lobe to 18mm long.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Standley