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Curarea toxicofera

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

(Weddell) Barneby & Krukoff

Cultivated

C, medicine

Common Names

• Sa-pé-pa (Kofán)
• Ko-yu-vi-u-fa-se-hé-pa (Kofán)
• Isaveño (Witotos)
• Taufe-yeida (Witotos)
• Awa-puch (Bara-makú)
• Bicava (Jamamadi)
• Bicafo (Jamamadi)
• Curare (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Humid forest
• lakeside
• forest
• riverside forest

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• May (Colombia)

Cauliflorous twining liana with leaves glabrous above to 150mm long. Yellow flowers, inner sepals 2.5mm long, slightly pilose petals to 2mm long. Yellow to orange fruits 25mm long,

Aphrodisiac, medicinal, food

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• HUBM
• Gleason & Moldenke