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Dalechampia dioscoreifolia

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Poeppig

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• SE. Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• primary & secondary forest
• riverside. thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan-Aug (French Guiana)

Fruiting Times

Twining canopy liana with pubescent sulcate-striate branchlets. Glabrescent denticulate leaves to 160mm x 110mm. Inflorescence with showy pink dentate pilose bracts to 40mm x 30mm, separate male & female flowers, pilose male calyx, 6-12 pilose female sepals to 10mm long. Capsule 7m x 12mm .

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Smithsonian
• FOPE
• Standley