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Norantea guianensis

Botanic Family

Marcgraviaceae

Author

Aublet

Common Names

• Beacon Plant
• Red Hot Poker
• Bibosi-brea
• Karakara (Arow. Guyana)
• Scot Attorney (Cr.)
• Koenòpojorokòre (Car.)
• Ravetère (Sur.)

Geographical Habitats

• Guyana
• Costa Rica
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Goiás
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rondonia
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Tobago & Trinidad
• Venezuela
• Jamaica

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest
• riverside
• secondary vegetation
• riverine forest
• primary forest
• montane woodlans

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Hemi-epiphytic evergreen root-climber with violet flowers with 80mm scarlet & orange flower bracts in up to 1000mm long terminal racemes or spikes, grayish stems, stamens up to 40

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• Bodkin
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus