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Manettia flexilis

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Brandegee

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Chiapas
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Panama
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• roadside thicket
• evergreen or deciduous forest

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Oct
• Nov All year (Costa Rica)

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Jul
• Oct All year (Costa Rica)

Herbaceous liana to 4m with puberulent stems. Leaves glabrous or villose above puberulent on veins beneath 70mm x 30mm. Axillary cymes or umbels or solitary white 5mm long puberulent flowers, 4-lobed calyx to 4mm long & lobes to 4mm x 1.5mm, white or pink corolla with tube to 10mm x 1.3mm villose outside glabrous within, 4 lobes to 5mm x 0.7mm densely villous outside, hairy capsule 7mm x 6mm

Further References

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