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Odontonema tubaeforme

Botanic Family

Acanthaceae

Author

(Bertoloni) Kuntze

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Colombia

Natural Habitats

• Swamp forest
• disturbed areas
• streamside forest
• cloud forest

Flowering Times

• Oct-May
• Jul-Aug Feb
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jan-May

Vine, herb or shrub to 2m with glabrous stems. Leaves to 350mm x 120mm. Racemes to 300mm+ long of 6+ flowers subtended by bracts to 3.5mm x 1.5mm & bractlets. 30mm long red flowers, glabrous purplish-red calyx to 4.5mm long with segments to 3mm x 0.75mm, bright red glabrous corolla to 25mm long, tube from 1.5mm diameter to 5mm, lips to 6mm long. Glabrous capsule to 30mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Standley