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Hemipogon sprucei

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

E. Fournier

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Goiás
• Mato Grosso
• Pará - Brazil
• N. Peru

Natural Habitats

• Shrubland
• savanna
• riverside
• termite mounds
• inundated savanna

Flowering Times

• Jan (Bolivia)

Fruiting Times

• Jan (Bolivia)

Small woody vine or glabrous twiner with leaves to 80mm long. Green to yellow flowers in axillary 2-3 flowered cymes with bracts, yellowish-green fleshy flowers to 5mm long, lobed calyx 1mm long, inflated corolla tube with 5 lobes. Red-brown follicle to 60mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• Kew
• Rusby