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Prestonia mollis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• coastal
• forests
• riverside

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Twining evergreen liana, glabrous or glabrate, with lenticellate stems. Leaves to 150mm x 10mm, hairy above, downy beneath or glabrous. Axillary racemes with bracts to 25mm long, of 10 to many downy yellow flowers 10mm diameter, calyx lobes to 20 mm long, corolla tube 34mm x 5mm with 25mm lobes, inside cherry-red, twisted lobes. Follicles to 350mm long, pubescent.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Llamas 2003
• The Plant List 2
• de Candolle
• G. Don
• Botanicus
• Kew
• FOPE