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Fuertesia domingensis

Botanic Family

Loasaceae

Author

Urban

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Hispaniola

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• secondary vegetation
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jun-Sep (Hispaniola)

Fruiting Times

• Feb (Hispaniola)

Scandent shrub to 8m, with pilose stems. Pilose leaves to 65mm x 30mm. Lateral cymes of white flowers, calyx tube 1mm longm sepals 7mm x 1.8mm, petals 6.5mm long. Greenish-yellow fruit

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• SAFIO