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Cratylia argentea

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Desvaux) Kuntze

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Piaui - Brazil
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• woodland
• scrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Oct

Liana with puberulent young branches. Trifoliate leaves with leaflets to 100mm x 70mm, pilose above & villous beneath. Axillary racemes to 450mm long. Blue or violet flowers to 30mm long with a pubescent calyx, whitish standard 20mm long. Pubescent green fruit maturing brown to 150mm x 18mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• ILDIS