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Heisteria scandens
Heisteria scandens
- Botanic Family
- Olacaceae
- Author
- Ducke
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Bolivia
- Acre
- Amazonas
- Mato Grosso
- Para
- Rondonia
- Roraima - Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Peru
- Suriname
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
- Moist forest
- riverine forest
- disturbed areas
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
Fruiting Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- May
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Dec
Scandent shrub to 3m, tree or woody canopy liana. Leaves to 160mm x 90mm, glabrous above. Axillary fascicles of 5-10 pale yellow or white flowers with glabrous bracts to 0.5mm, no tendrils or odour, shallowly lobed calyx with lobes to 0.5mm, petals to 1.5mm, pubescent within. Driupe to 15mm x 15mm, matuing orange to red, with green fruiting calyx to 20mm diameter.
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