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Odonellia hirtiflora

Botanic Family

Convolvulaceae

Author

(M. Martens & Galeotti) K. R. Robertson

Common Names

• Batatillo (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Minas Gerais - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• shrubland
• cut-over forest
• floodplain forest

Flowering Times

• Nov-Jun (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Nov

Perennial herbaceous densely hairy twiner. Pubescent simple leaves to 60mm x 30mm. 4-6 flowered axillary inflorescence with mucronate bracts, 40mm white flowers, yellow-green sepals, corolla 35mm long, pilose outside. Fruit capsules to 10mm diameter, black enveloped in persistent sepals.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Kew
• Standley
• Academia