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Floscopa robusta

Botanic Family

Commelinaceae

Author

(Seubert) C.B. Clarke

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Bahia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• floodplain forest
• riverside
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Sep
• Nov Jan-Mar(Nic)

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Mar(Nic)

Sometimes scandent herb with leaves to 200mm x 250m. Dense panicles covered with purple hairs to 50mm long of creamy-white flowers tinged violet, 1.5mm fruit

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• Standley