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Orthosia guilleminiana

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Decaisne) Liede & Meve

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• NW. Argentina
• Bolivia
• Rio de Janeiro
• Sao Paulo - Brazil
• NE. Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Chiapas
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• forest
• disturbed areas
• woodland
• pasture
• forest edge
• streamside
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Sep-Jan (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Feb

Pubescent twining liana to 4.5m with puberulent young stems. Leaves to 50mm x 20mm. Few-flowered umbels or pseudoracemes with minute bracteoles, of white or cream flowers, lobed calyx to 2mm x 1.5mm, lobed corolla 4mm x 4mm. Glabrous follicles.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• de Candolle
• Kew
• Rusby
• The Plant List 2