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Schnella rutilans
Schnella rutilans
- Botanic Family
- Leguminosae
- Author
- (Spruce ex Bentham) Pittier
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- Amazonas - Brazil
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Venezuela
Natural Habitats
- Forest riversides
- seasonally inundated riverside
- primary evergreen forest
- forest edge
Flowering Times
- Feb
- Jun
- Jul
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Fruiting Times
High-climbing tendril liana or shrub with red or copper tomentum on young branchlets. Coriaceous leaves to 120mm x 120mm, glabrous above & red tomentose beneath. Red-tomentose terminal racemes to 150mm long with bracts to 6mm long & bractlets. Fragrant white flowers tinged purple-pink at base, violet petals to 12mm long, calyx 6mm long. Dark brown fruit with rusty hairs
Further References
- NYBG
- Neotrop
- Mobot
- FB
- Kew
- ILDIS
- FOPE