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Sabicea glabrescens

Botanic Family

Rubiaceae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

• Strong-for-man (Creole)
• Donkey Eye (Creole)
• Wild Sorrel (Creole)
• Old Lady's Neck String (Creole)
• Nohpoko Enamïtyï (Carib)
• Tida Aidamo Aro Ahutu (Waroa)

Geographical Habitats

• Amazonas - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Secondary shrubland
• riverside
• abandoned fields

Flowering Times

• All year (Guyana)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Guyana)

Woody twining climbing vine or scandent hairy shrub with glabrescent branches. Leaves to 90mm x 40mm, glabrous or puberulous above & strigose beneath. Axilalry 5-6 flowered inflorescence with glabrous bracts to 5mm x 4mm, 10mm long white flowers with pink tinge, green calyx tube to 5mm long with 5 lobes 2mm long, white corolla tube to 11mm long with 5 lobes to 3mm long. Pubescent red to purple fruits to 10mm diameter with persistent calyx lobes.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• Rub Ven
• Kew
• The Plant List 2
• Academia ResearchGate