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Paullinia nobilis

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Radlkofer

Common Names

• Ka-sjui-bo-chua

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Tocantins - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• disturbed areas
• riverside
• seasonally inundated areas
• woodland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jul
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Minutely puberulous liana with 4-5 ribbed branches. 5-foliolate leaves with leaflets to 100mm x 50mm, glabrous above & puberulent beneath. Pulverulent panicles of scented white flowers in thyrse 200mm long, puberulent sepals 4mm long. 3-winged pulverulent red fruit capsule 28mm x 18mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE