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Fridericia platyphylla

Botanic Family

Bignoniaceae

Author

(Chamisso) L.G. Lohmann

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceára
• Espírito Santo
• Goias
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraiba
• Paraná
• Piauí
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rondonia
• Roraima
• São Paulo
• Tocantins - Brazil
• Guyana
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Uruguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• rainforest
• scrubby growth
• inundated areas. Ornamental use

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Shrubby tendril liana with glabrate leaflets. Terminal or axillary panicles 180mm long with bracts 2mm long, 35mm long pink or purple flowers with white throats, calyx to 7mm long, violet or pink puberulent corolla to 35mm long, scented. Capsule to 300mm x 14mm

Further References

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