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Cuervea kappleriana

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Miquel) A.C. Smith

Common Names

• Naame (Huaorani)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• inundated forest
• riverside
• coastal
• floodplain forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug

Woody liana or tree with branchlets often rugose. Entire or crenulate leaves to 190mm x 100mm. Inflorescence to 120mm long, highly scented 6mm x 17mm white or creamy-green flowers in axillary cymes, petals to 9mm long. Green capsule to 90mm long x 100mm wide

Further References

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