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Heteropterys purpurea

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Bejuco de Paralejo
• Bejuco de Toro
• Red Wiss

Geographical Habitats

• Barbados
• Colombia
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad& Tobago
• Florida
• Virgin islands - USA
• Venezuela
• Venezuelan Antilles
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal forest
• forest
• disturbed areas
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Mar (Puerto Rico)

Twining woody liana with terminal or axillary racemes or corymbs of 40mm diameter purple to pink flowers, sepals to 3mm long, petals to 5.5mm long, mericarp 30mm long with pubescent samaras to 30mm long, leaves glabrous or puberulent above, puberulent beneath to 55mm long

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Niedenzu
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• NAF
• SAFIO