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Doliocarpus dentatus

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

(Aublet) Standley

Common Names

• Red Kapidula (Guyana)
• Bejuco de Agua
• Jo-be-o (Witotos)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Bolivia
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela
• Cuba
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverine woods
• secondary forest
• riverside
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Jan Mar-Apr. May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec Oct (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct Feb
• Mar
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Oct (Colombia)

Twining liana, shrub or tree, cauliflorous. Coriaceous toothed leaves to 150mm x 75mm, pilose above, tomentose beneath. 12mm white flowers in axillary fascicles of 10-30 flowers, green sepals to 5mm long. Red berry to 9mm diameter with persistent calyx.

Medicinal uses

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Rodriguesia
• FOPE
• HUBM
• Standley
• Academia