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Cyclanthera tenuisepala

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Misiones - Argentina
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Jalisco - Mexico
• Panama
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• thicket
• open areas
• gallery forest
• forest edge
• hedges

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May
• Jul
• Sep

Glabrous 2-3 branched tendril herbaceous vine with puberulent stems. 5 glabrous dentate often lobate leaflets to120mm long. 200mm long inflorescences , white, greenish or yellow flowers, glabrous calyx 3mm wide, white corolla 2mm long, 30mm male white flowers, flowers 2.5mm long. Bristly fruit 25mm x 15mm.

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Standley