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Matelea aspera

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Miller) W.D. Stevens

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Jalisco - Mexico
• Nicaragua

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• riverside
• damp thicket
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jun-Oct (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Mar (Mexico)

Hairy twining vine with corky bark. Hairy lobed leaves to 122mm x 102mm. Pale green or yellow-green to lilac flowers to 11mm long in cymes with bracts to 6mm long, calyx lobes to 10mm x 4mm, corolla to 11mm with lobes to 8mm, corona lobes to 4mm.Follicles to 113mm x 27mm, dark reddish-purple to nearly black.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• de Candolle
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew