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Peritassa peruviana

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Miers) A.C. Smith

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Sep
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jul

Woody vine with lenticellate branchlets. Leaves, entire or crenulate, to 150mm x 65mm. Inflorescence to 30mm long with 1mm bracts, greenish-white flowers to 2mm long, sepals fimbriolate at margins. Brownish fruits

Further References

• Sturtevant 1919
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FOPE
• The Plant List 2