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Echites agglutinatus

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Jacquin

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Antilles
• Amazonas
• Mato Grosso - Brazil
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands - USA

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• forest
• montane shrubland
• thickets
• coastal forest
• coastal shrubland
• gallery forest
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• May-Dec (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Jun-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Glabrous herbaceous twining shrub to 2m. Mucronate glabrous leaves 135mm x 85mm. Cream or white flowers in axillary or terminal cymes or racemes to 15 flowers, to 20mm long with bracts, calyx lobes to 3mm long, glabrous corolla with tube to 6mm x 1.5mm & lobes to 6mm x 2mm. Glabrous follicles to 46mm x 8mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• NAF
• Kew
• SAFIO
• Academia