1. Home
2. Dioclea glabra

Dioclea glabra

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Pernambuco
• Piaui
• Rondonia - Brazil
• S. Colombia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname

Natural Habitats

• Riverbank shrubs
• gallery forest
• scrubland
• forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Woody mostly glabrous high-twining vine with trifoliate leaves, leaflets to 160mm x 90mm. Inflorescence with minute bractlets, bright purple, lilac or white flowers, white at base, calyx tube to 8mm long, standard to 12mm long, beaked keel. Brown-green hairy or glabrous fruitpods to 160mm x 45mm.

Further References

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