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Paullinia tenuifolia

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Standley ex J.F. Macbride

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May
• Jul
• Aug

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Sep
• Nov

Glabrous liana to 4m with sparsely pilose branches. 5-foliolate leaves, dentate leaflets, terminal leaflet to 145mm x 51mm, glabrous & crenate-serrate. Puberulous axillary panicles to 110mm of fragrant white flowers 1.5mm long, glabrescent sepals to 1.5mm. Glabrous red fruit to 15mm x 8mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• Morales