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Forsteronia graciloides

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Woodson

Common Names

• Makwariballi (Guyana)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest edges
• riverside
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Twining liana with glabrous lenticellate stems. Leaves to 80mm x 40mm, glabrous above & glabrate or puberulent beneath. white flowers in terminal & lateral thyrses with bracts to 1.5mm long, calyx lobes to 1mm long,corolla densely puberulent without with tube 1mm x 0.125mm with lobes 1mm long. Articulated green follicles turning brown to 470mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• Kew
• FOPE