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Schlegelia brachyantha

Botanic Family

Schlegeliaceae

Author

Grisebach

Common Names

• Higüerito de Sierra
• Tulipa

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Panama
• Colombia
• Venezuela
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• montane forest
• river thicket
• Primary forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Dec All year (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jul Jun (Puerto Rico)

Woody hemi-epiphytic root-climbing liana or shrub to 3m. Glabrous leaves. Axillary racmes or fascicles of white or pink flower to 18mm, purplish inside throat, corolla tube to 15mm x 6mm. Purple berry to 16mm diameter.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• CPC
• VOPR
• SAFIO