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Machaerium myrianthum

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

Spruce ex Bentham

Common Names

• Hold Me Back (Guyana)
• Wait a Second (Guyana)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Amazonas
• Mato Grosso - Brazil
• Colombia
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Rain forest
• coastal
• primary forest
• forest
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

Twining liana or climbing shrub with paired spines, axillary racemes to 300mm long of white to yellow or lilac flowers to 6mm, legume to 50mm x 8mm

Further References

• NHN
• Neotrop
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2