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Prestonia portobellensis

Botanic Family

Apocynaceae

Author

(Beurling) Woodson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• S. Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• secondary vegetation
• coastal
• thickets

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Aug
• Oct
• Dec

Large woody twining liana with glabrate stems. Glabrous leaves to 290mm x 180mm. Corymbs or panicles of pale purple & cream flowers with yellow circle around centre with bracts to 4mm long, glabrous coriaceous calyx lobes flushed purple & minutely papillate to 17mm long, glabrous corolla minutely papillate outside with tube to 20mm x 3.5mm & lobes to 15mm long, edge of lobes striped mauve and white. Glabrous 500mm long follicles

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• JAA
• Kew
• Standley