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Echites puntarenensis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

J.F. Morales

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Nicaragua

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• forest
• savanna
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Sep-Feb or Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

Suffruticose liana with glabrous stems. Glabrous leaves to 160mm x 50mm. Inflorescence with bracts 1mm long, glabrous sepals to 1mm x 1mm, flowers yellow to cream or pink with red centre, 25mm wide, tube to 8mm x 2.5mm & lobes to 15mm x 2mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Academia