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Doliocarpus major

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

J.F. Gmelin

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Espirito Santo
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Piaui - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela
• Guyana

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest remnants
• coastal
• floodplain forest
• riverside forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Dec Mar
• May

Twining liana, climbing or erect shrub or tree with sparsely pilose exfoliating glabrescent branches. Mucronate-serrate coriaceous leaves to 130mm x 60mm, sparsely lepidote on both sides & slightly pilose on nerves beneath, toothed at apex. Dioecious 15mm white flowers in axillary or terminal fascicles up to 8 flowers, 3-4 puberulent white petals to 9mm x 9mm, sepals 7mm x 5mm. Fruit to 13mm diameter, a hairy red berry.

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE