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Markea formicarum

Botanic Family

Solanaceae

Author

Dammer

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• roadside
• swamp forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jul
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar

Hemi-epiphytic tuberous scandent vine with white flowers with purple corona, yellow fruit, white flowers outside, yellow inside with purplish stripes in throat & purplish petals, corolla to 65mm long, glabrous leaves with long ciliate margins, capsule 15mm x 10mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FP