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Columnea rutilans

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

Swartz

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Jamaica

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest

Flowering Times

• Aug-Sep (Jamaica)

Fruiting Times

Climbing shrub with pubescent stems. Denticulate hairy leaves & purplish coloured beneath to 70mm x 30mm. 5mm villous red banded orange flowers, villous calyx & corolla, pinnatifid sepals to 20mm x 7mm.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• SAFIO