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Emmeorhiza umbellata

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Sprengel) K. Schumann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Espirito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• N. Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riversides
• shrublands
• streamside
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Nov

Semi-woody twining herb or vine to 2m with glabrous or puberulent stems. Glabrous or pubescent coriaceous leaves to 100mm long. Axillary & terminal umbels, cymes or leafy panicles of fragrant white 2mm long flowers with lilac lobes on outside, corolla to 2mm long. Blackish downy or glabrous capsuleto 3mm long.

Further References

• Menninger 1970 : Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Rub Col
• Kew
• FOPE