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Prestonia annularis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Linnaeus f.) G. Don

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• floodplain forest

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Oct
• Nov

Glabrous herbaceous twining liana with lenticellate stems. Leaves to 300mm x 140mm. Axillary racemesor corymbs with minute bracts, greenish-yellow flowers suffused purple, calyx lobes to 13mm long, corolla tube to 17mm long with lobes to 12mm long. Falcate follicles of green fruit.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Kew
• FOPE