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Piptadenia gonoacantha

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Martius) J.F. Macbride

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Bahia
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• Piaui
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru
• Paraguay

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• edge of secondary forest
• scrubland
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Sometimes scandent shrub or tree to 15m with young branches 4 wing angled & with small prickles. Bipinnate leaves to 70mm long with 5-12 pairs of 30-50 pairs of falcate mucronulate leaflets, leaflets to 8mm long. Densely flowered axillary inflorescences to 60mm long with minute bracts, of creamy white to greenish-yellow scented flowers, minute calyx, reddish petals to 2mm long. Coriaceous green fruit to 100mm x 25mm

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE