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Columnea inaequilatera

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

Poeppig & Endlicher

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• forest streamside

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

Scandent strigose hemi-epiphytic shrub or subshrub with denticulate leaves to 200mm x 60mm. Solitary red & purple flowers to 40mm with long red hairs or red flowers with bracts, lobed calyx to 15mm long, strigose corolla 15mm x 6mm with lobes 3mm long.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• Rusby
• The Plant List 2