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Marcgravia nervosa

Botanic Family

Marcgraviaceae

Author

Triana & Planchon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• cloud forest
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep

Epiphytic liana or pendulous shrub with leaves to 210mm x 90mm. Cream or green flowers in multi-flowered racemes or umbels of 10-15 flowers, up to 20 stamens per flower, flower breacts to 14mm long, sepals 4.5mm long, corolla 10mm high. Brownish-green fruit splitting to reveal red seed.

Further References

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