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Elachyptera floribunda

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Bentham) A.C. Smith

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Acre
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• French Guiana
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riversides
• marshy forests
• disturbed forest
• tidal forest
• mangrove swamp

Flowering Times

• Jul-Oct (Nicaragua)
• Mar (Belize)

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May

Large woody high-climbing liana or tree with glabrous branches. Glabrous leaves to 73mm x 33mm. Solitary inflorescence or fascicles to 110mm long, 2.7mm diameter cream or purple fragrant flowers, petals 1.7mm. Glabrous lobed fruit capsule to 70mm x 25mm green-yellow maturing brown.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOG
• JAA
• Gleason & Moldenke