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Lasianthus lanceolatus

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

(Grisebach) Urban

Common Names

• Aroma
• Bejuco de Peo
• Mata de Peo

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• All year (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Jul (Puerto Rico)

Slightly woody or herbaceous clambering or decumbent shrub to 4m with foul-smelling leaves when fresh, leaves glabrous above lanate-pubescent beneath, axillary cluster of flowers, white corolla to 3mm long, lobes hirsute inside, urceolate white or yellowish fruits to 7mm long

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• SAFIO
• Kew