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Heteropterys platyptera

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

de Candolle

Common Names

• Corde Caco
• Liane Cacao
• Sec Cacao

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• Guyana
• Leeward Islands
• Suriname
• Windward islands

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jun (Dominica)

Fruiting Times

Large liana or shrub with terminal panicles, spikes, panicles or racemes clothed with brown velvety down of denticulate yellow flowers to 10mm diameter, petals to 2mm, samaras reddish at end to 30mm x 60mm, glabrous coriaceous leaves to 150mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Smithsonian