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Desmoncus mitis

Botanic Family

Arecaceae

Author

Martius

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• seasonally inundated
• riverside
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Spiny climber, long racemes of flowers, 12mm x 10mm red fruits, spadix to 400mm long, male flowers yellow, female flowers green

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Kew