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Schlegelia parasitica

Botanic Family

Schlegeliaceae

Author

(Swartz) Miers ex Grisebach

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Jamaica
• Cuba
• Lesser Antilles
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• moist forests

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr
• Jul
• Sep

Hemiepiphytic liana or root-climbing shrub with clusters of burgundy-red flowers streaked white, not parasitic, glabrous coriaceous leaves, fruit a berry

Further References

• Llamas 2003
• The Plant List
• G. Don
• Botanicus