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Schwartzia brasiliensis

Botanic Family

Marcgraviaceae

Author

(Choisy) Bedell ex Giraldo-Cañas

Common Names

• Red-Hot-Poker

Geographical Habitats

• Guyana
• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Goiás
• Paraná
• Pernambuco
• Minas Gerais
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil

Natural Habitats

• Gallery forest
• riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Oct Jan-Apr (Brazil)

Fruiting Times

• Jan

Scandent root-climbing shrub with 80mm red & orange bracts, flowers violet or green & white in 300mm long racemes, stamens to 17

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Huxley 1992
• Neotrop
• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List
• Botanicus