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Mascagnia divaricata

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Kunth) Niedenzu

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• riverside forest
• forest-edge
• swamp
• disturbed areas
• riversides
• coastal
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Sep
• Oct

Glabrous liana with clusters of mauve to pink flowers in terminal or axillary panicles of pseudo-racemes over 300mm long, petals over 15mm long, hairy calyx, roundish greenish-cream samaras to 36mm wide & long, 3-winged, leaf nerves & petioles pubescent

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Botanicus