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Rourea surinamensis

Botanic Family

Connaraceae

Author

Miquel

Common Names

• Basranekoe (Suriname)
• Juan Caliente
• Bejuco de Garrote
• Luis Gomez (Dominican Republic)

Geographical Habitats

• Cuba
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• E. Venezuela
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Mar-Sep (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Dec-Apr (Puerto Rico)

Large woody twining liana with axillary panicles or racemes to 100mm long, fragrant white flowers, petals to 4mm long, fruit follicles to 15mm long, yellow with red tip maturing reddish, basal part of twigs acts as tendrils, pinnate glabrous leaves

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• SAFIO