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Macroscepis hirsuta

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Vahl) Schlechter

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Trinidad
• Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• secondary vegetation

Flowering Times

• Jul-Sep (Nicaragua)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Nov (Nicaragua)

High-climbing twining yellow-hairy shrub with hairy stems. Hairy leaves. Few-flowered axillary cymes of brown or green or orange flowers, pale green flowers maturing yellow to 12.5mm long, glabrous corolla to 35mm diameter. Follicles to 125mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• ILDIS
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• SAFIO
• Kew