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Coussapoa asperifolia

Botanic Family

Urticaceae

Author

Trécul

Common Names

• Matapalo
• Patudo (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• disturbed forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct

Hemi-epiphytic parasitic strangling liana, tree or shrub, glabrous or glabrate beanchlets. Leaves to 150mm long, scabrous above & pubescent beneath. Cymes of green flowers tipped red. Fleshy red fruit

Source of drinking water

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE