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Helmontia leptantha

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Schlechtendahl) Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Pará - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Lowland tropical rainforest
• savanna
• forest
• forest margins
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Jun

Fruiting Times

Glabrous simple tendril liana with inflorescence to 150mm long of greenish-cream flowers, calyx tube 9mm, corolla 4mm

Further References

• NYBG
• NHN
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2