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Dalechampia micrantha

Botanic Family

Euphorbiaceae

Author

Poeppig & Endlicher

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• secondary forest
• wet forest
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• Oct
• Dec Nov-Jan (Suriname)

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Dec Jan-Jul (Suriname)

High-climbing twining liana with puberulent branchlets. Denticulate leaves to 150mm x 130mm, short-pubescent on nerves. Axillary cymes to 25mm across with bracts to 4mm x 2mm, male bracts denticulate, fragrant pistillate green flowers with 5-6 sepals, puberulent sepals males to 2mm long, female slightly longer. Green woody capsule to 13mm across with deciduous sepals

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Smithsonian
• FOPE