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Pfaffia aurata

Botanic Family

Amaranthaceae

Author

(Martius) Borsch

Common Names

• Lagaña de Vieja or Cana de Vieja (Colombia)

Geographical Habitats

• Nicaragua
• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Puerto Rico
• Lesser Antilles
• Panama
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Moist forest
• coastal
• riversides

Flowering Times

• Jan Feb-Mar

Fruiting Times

Twining liana or trailer with glabrous or puberulous leaves to 115mm x 50mm. Terminal & axillary panicles to 300mm long with of white flowers with bracts & bracteoles, flowers to 3mm x 1.5mm, 5 cream tepals to 2.2mm long.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List
• VOPR
• Flora de Colombia