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Deguelia rariflora

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Martius ex Bentham) G.P. Lewis & Aceveda-Rodrígues

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Inundated forest
• forest
• riverside
• secondary forest. Used as fish poison

Flowering Times

• May
• Aug
• Oct

Fruiting Times

High-climbing liana with 3-9 leaflets to 250mm x 110mm, glabrous above & pilose beneath. Racemes to 500mm long with basal bracteoles, of reddish-purple flowers to 10mm long, calyx to 4mm x 4mm, sericeous blue to pink petals, standard to 8mm x 10mm. Golden sericeous pods to 40mm x 30mm.

Further References

• FB
• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE