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Hillia macrophylla

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Standley

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Peru
• NW. Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside forest
• disturbed areas
• coastal. Primary forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep mar-Jun (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Dec (Costa Rica)

Hemi-epiphytic liana, herb, shrub or treelet to 7m with glabrous lenticellate branchlets, glabrous leaves to 210mm x 100mm, large white fragrant solitary terminal flowers subtended by stipules to 50mm x 24mm, calyx tube to 0.5mm long, white corolla with tube to 110mm x 4.5mm with 5-6 lobes to 50mm x 8mm, green fruit to 120mm x 20mm

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Flora Costaricensis