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Dioclea bicolor

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Hoffmannsegg ex Bentham

Common Names

• Mandera

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Ceará
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Rondonia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru
• French Guiana
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• scrubland
• riverine forest
• remnant forest

Flowering Times

• May
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Herbaceous vine with violet flowers

Used as laxative & water vine

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2