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Paullinia pterocarpa

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Triana & Planchon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• SE. Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Moist forests
• disturbed areas
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Aug-Nov

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Mar

Liana with glabrous stems & tendrils. Leaves with 5 crenate-dentate glabrous leaflets to 201mm x 83mm. Axillary fascicles to 17mm long, aromatic white flowers, 5 glabrous sepals 2mm long, 4 white petals 4.5mm long. Pubescent orange-red capsule to 30mm x 31mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• Morales
• Academia