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Paullinia turbacensis

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• coastal
• disturbed areas
• humid forest

Flowering Times

• Nov-Jan

Fruiting Times

• Jan-Mar May

Large woody glabrous liana with glabrescent lenticellate stems. 3 toothed or serrated glabrous leaflets to 143mm x 95mm, leaves bearded beneath in axils of nerves. Cauliflorous 5mm white flowers in axillary puberulent fascicles or racemes, puberulent sepals to 2mm, white or cream petals to 5mm long. 3-angled sparsely or densely pubescent to 25mm long x 10mm red capsule

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• FOG
• Botanicus
• Standley
• Morales