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Disciphania tessmannii

Botanic Family

Menispermaceae

Author

Diels

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• French Guiana
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Roadside
• disturbed areas
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Woody glabrous herbaceous vine with striate stems. Leaves to 70mm x 40mm. Staminate spikes with yellow-green flowers with 6 sepals, outer ones 5mm x 2.5mm, inner sepals to 6mm x 3.5mm, 6 petals with a narrow tongue-shaped appendage. Fruit maturing red

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE