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Moutabea aculeata

Botanic Family

Polygalaceae

Author

(Ruiz & Pavon) Poeppig & Endlicher

Common Names

• Guapomosillo
• Achaicharucillo
• Guapurucillo
• Coto Huayo
• Kerunch (Mayna Jivaro)
• Megowe (Huaorani)
• Gogozinho (Brazil)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Pará
• Rondônia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• riversides
• seasonally inundated areas
• savanna
• lakeside
• floodplain forest
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Tall twining liana, shrub or tree with tuberculate branches & spines. Coriaceous leaves to 200mm x 50mm+. Axillary racemes with bracts & 3-8 pale yellow or white flowers, very scented, racemes to 20mm long, flowers to 15mm long, green calyx with tube to 10mm long & lobes 5mm long. Slightly warty glabrous yellow fruit maturing orange 40mm diameter with edible pulp.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• FOPE
• Academia - Natural Sciences