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Piptadenia killipii

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

J.F. Macbride

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahia - Brazil
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Cultivated area
• disturbed areas
• forests
• riverside

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Spiny liana or scandent shrub. Young steams puberulent & angular with spines. 8-9 pairs of 8-15 puberulous leaflets to 6mm x 2mm. Densely-flowered axillary spikes of cream to yellow flowers, puberulous calyx 2mm long. Green fruit.

Further References

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