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Rourea cuspidata

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

Bentham ex Baker

Common Names

• Sacha Aji (Peru)
• Mata-cachorro (Brazil)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Seasonally inundated forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov

Liana, tree or shrub with simple or 3-foliolate leaves, coriaceous glabrous leaflets to 180mm x 90mm. White flowers 5mm long in axillary & terminal panicles to 120mm x 75mm, petals to 6mm long. Slightly curved fruit capsule to 13mm x 5mm, yellow to orange-red

Further References

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