1. Home
2. Paullinia hispida

Paullinia hispida

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Jacquin

Common Names

• Tarugapatu (Quichua)
• Pino (Huaorani)

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Trinidad
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• seasonally inundated areas.

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Dec

Liana with tendrils, yellowish hairy young branches. Bipinnate & pinnate hispid leaves, 4-6 pairs of serrated leaflets to 200mm x 60mm. Panicles or racemes to 120mm long with minute bracts & bractlets, fragrant white flowers, glabrous sepals 4mm x 2mm. Winged red capsule to 25mm x 14mm, wings 5mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE