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Hillia triflora

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Oersted) C.M.Taylor

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• SE. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• premontane evergreen forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Feb (Costa Rica)

Sometimes scandent hemi-epiphytic shrub, glabrous stems. Coriaceous leaves to 190mm x 45mm. 1-3 terminal flowers with bracts to 3mm long, 5-7 green calyx lobes to 14mm x 1mm, pink or red corolla with tube to 65mm x 10mm & 5-7 lobes to 4mm x 5mm, fruit to 100mm x 8mm

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• Flora Costaricensis
• Standley
• Kew