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Pinzona coriacea

Botanic Family

Dilleniaceae

Author

Martius & Zuccarini

Common Names

• Fire Rope (Guyana)
• Bejuco de Agua

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Costa Rica
• French Guiana
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad
• Venezuela
• Leeward Islands
• Puerto Rico
• Guyana
• Guadeloupe
• Antilles

Natural Habitats

• Riverine forest
• rain forest
• forest edge
• montane forest
• wooland.

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Aug
• Dec May-Jun (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov Nov (Puerto Rico)

Twining glabrous woody liana or shrub to 5m or more with angular stems, 70mm long pilose axilliary panicles of 5mm white to cream scented flowers, 3 greenish-white petals 2mm or longer, bilobed green fruit a berry maturing yellow to 8mm wide, whole plant scabrous-rough, coriaceous leaves scabrid above pubescent on veins, papillose beneath

Further References

• Mobot
• NHN
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Smithsonian
• SAFIO