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Glossoloma tetragonum

Botanic Family

Gesneriaceae

Author

Hanstein

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• W. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• cloud forest
• disturbed areas
• streamside
• montane areas

Flowering Times

• Jan-Aug Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Aug

Hemi-epiphytic herb or climbing shrub with serrate or serrulate leaves to 250mm x 110mm, pilose above & strigillose beneath. Fascicles of orange & red flowers to 45mm long, calyx with red lobes or green lobes with red margins, toothed, hirsute & 20mm long, red corolla to 50mm long with limb 10mm wide. Fruit a capsule.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Standley