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Diplopterys lucida
Diplopterys lucida
- Botanic Family
- Malpighiaceae
- Author
- (Richard) W.R. Anderson & C. Cav. Davis
Common Names
- Oco Yagé (Colombia)
- Mené-kahi-ma (Barasana)
- Nyoko-buku-guda-hubea-ma (Barasana)
Geographical Habitats
- Bolivia
- Amapá
- Amazonas
- Bahia
- Pará
- Rio de Janeiro
- Roraima
- São Paulo - Brazil
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- St Vincent
- Suriname
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
- Moist disturbed forest
- seasonally inundated
- floodplain forest
- forest
- shrubland
Flowering Times
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
Fruiting Times
Liana or erect or scandent shrub with pilose young branchlets, glabrous branches. Coriaceous leaves glabrous above ferrugineous hairy on nerves beneath to 160mm x 55mm. Axillary corymbs or umbels and terminal panicles with bracts & bractlets to 1.5mm long, of 40mm diameter yellow or pink flowers, sepals 3mm long, fimbriate petals to 11mm, larger petals to 13mm long, hairy externally, with claw to 4mm long. Reddish or pale pink winged fruit, samaras to 55mm x 8mm.
Further References
- Mobot
- Neotrop
- NYBG
- Niedenzu
- The Plant List 2
- LJB
- NAF
- FOPE