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Mezia includens

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Bentham) Cuatrecas

Common Names

• Iyaime (Huaorani)
• Oome (Huaorani) Omantague (Huaorani)
• Omentahue (Huaorani)
• Eé-taw-gaw (Makuna)
• Ayahuasca Negro (Peru)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• woodland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Sep (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Robust twining liana to 17m with coriaceous glabrate leaves to 230mm x 75mm. Axillary racemes or umbels to 150mm long with bracts to 10mm long & bractlets to 7.5mm wide of yellow flowers to 30mm wide with fimbriate petals, silvery silky without. Samara with wings to 80mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• NHN
• The Plant List 2
• LJB
• FOPE
• HUBM