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Muehlenbeckia tamnifolia

Botanic Family

Polygonaceae

Author

(HBK) Meissner

Common Names

• Bejuco Colorado (Costa Rico). Mollentín (Ecuador)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• thickets
• disturbed areas
• montane thickets

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Large hemi-epiphytic liana, herb or shrub with angular stems, glabrous or tomentulose branches. Leaves to 110mm long sometimes with basal lobes, puberulent or glabrous beneath. Racemes or lax panicles of pale yellow, green or white flowers, red achene maturing blue-black enclosed in fleshy calyx.

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• FOPE
• FOG
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Standley
• Mendoza