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Davilla kunthii

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

A. St.-Hilaire

Common Names

• Yohueme (Huaorani)
• Agraz or Bejuco Tomé (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Pará
• Rondonia
• Roraima - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Mexico
• Bolivia
• Peru
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Venezuela
• Suriname
• Guyana

Natural Habitats

• Lowland tropical rainforest
• riverside
• pasture edge
• riverine forest
• coastal thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov

Fruiting Times

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

Woody twining liana or shrub, rough hairy stems to 10m. Denticulate coriaceous leaves to 150mm x 75mm, hirsute beneath. Upper axillary & terminal panicles to 150mm x 150mm, yellowish-green fragrant flowers with bracts, yellow petals to 4mm long. Orange follicles with persistent sepals, to 5mm diameter.

Vine yields potable water

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• NHN
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Standley
• Academia