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Salacia juruana

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

Loesener

Common Names

• Chuchuhuasi (Bolivia)
• Nina Caspi (Quichua)
• Bewee (Huaorani)
• Omentaca (Huaorani)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• forest remnant
• primary forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Sep

Scrambling liana, tree or treelet with leaves to 270mm x 150mm. Pale green to yellow flowers to 14mm wide, brown at base, sepals to 1.5mm x 3mm, petals to 7mm x 5mm. Fruit green to yellow with longitudinal white streaks, to 35mm diameter

Further References

• NHN
• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FOPE
• The Plant List 2