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Diplopterys pubipetala

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(A. Jussieu) W.R. Anderson & C. Cav. Davis

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Distrito Federal
• Minas Gerais
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraná
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande
• Rôndonia
• Roraima
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• second growth
• forest
• thorn forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Large liana, tree or shrub with glabrate branchlets, lenticellate branches. Glabrous leaves to 150mm x 75mm with sinuate margins. Axillary corymbs or umbels with bracts & bractlets to 1.75mm long, of 20mm diameter yellow flowers with denticulate petals, silky petals to 11mm long with claw 2mm long. Pilose reddish green winged fruit (samaras) reddening with age, wings 32mm long x 10mm wide.

Further References

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