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Machaerium kegelii

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Meissner

Common Names

• Bejuco De Sangre
• Bohoribada
• Sangre De Drago
• Tarapota-chontasapa
• Una De Gato

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• tropical rain forest
• secondary vegetation
• forest margin
• riverside.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr

Fruiting Times

• Apr

Giant woody liana, tree or shrub covered with stiff spines to 12mm long, recurved prickles. Imparipinnate leaves of 9-15 leaflets, glabrous leaflets to 90mm x 40mm. Rusty-tomentose terminalpanicles to 600mm long with bractlets to 9mm long. 18mm long white marked red & blue or purple flowers, calyx 9mm long, standard petals 12mm long & densely pilose outside. Hairy fruit to 90mm long with wing 15mm wide

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• ILDIS
• FOPE