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Mendoncia brenesii

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

Standley & Leonard

Common Names

• Ye Sili

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Secondary forest
• scrubland
• forest edge

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Oct
• Nov

Twining shrub with glabrous or strigose grooved stems. Leaves to 110mm x 60mm, glabrous above & strigose beneath. Axillary fascicles, white flowers with bracts to 14mm x 7mm, glabrous corolla to 15mm long with tube 8mm x 3mm & lobes 7mm diameter. Black-red fruit to 20mm long

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The plant List 2
• Standley