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Heteropterys orinocensis

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Kunth) A. Jussieu

Common Names

• Wý-ka-hee-ma (Makuna)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazona
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Honduras
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• seasonally inundated areas
• riversides

Flowering Times

• Nov-Mar (Brazil)
• Mar (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Apr (Colombia)

Liana or shrub, mostly glabrous except younger branches & new leaves. Tuberculate glabrous branches, coriaceous glabrate leaves to 160mm x 60mm. Axillary panicles or terminal racemes with bracts 7mm long & bractlets 3.5mm long to 16 flowers, yellow flowers to 17mm diameter, petals to 6mm long with claw 4mm long. Samara with pinkish wings to 35mm x 17.5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• Niedenzu
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• HUBM