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Cuphea melvilla

Botanic Family

Lythraceae

Author

Lindley

Common Names

• Duqui Duqui (Bolivia)

Geographical Habitats

• Argentina. Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Espirito Santo
• Goiás
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraná
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Lakeside
• savanna with forest islands
• floating mat
• secondary forest
• riversid
• humid forest. Leaves used medicinally

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Erect or sometimes scandent herb or shrub to 2m. Scabrous leaves. Terminal racemes with bracts to 30mm long, of apetalous flowers, red calyx edged yellow or green. White fruit.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE