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Schnella guianensis var. splendens

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Kunth) R. Bernal & Celis

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Guyana
• Leeward Islands
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• forest

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Tall tendril climbing shrub, 2-lobed narrower leaves glabrous above with golden down beneath to 120mm long, racemes with minute bracts, calyx 8mm long, villous petals to 15mm long, tomentulose legume 80mm x 20mm

Medicinal uses, fish poison, aphrodisiac

Further References

• Fsu
• Botanicus
• NAF