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Securidaca divaricata

Botanic Family

Polygalaceae

Author

Nees & Martius

Common Names

• Wapa (Shuar)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Goiás
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Paraná - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside
• seasonally inundated areas
• gallery forest
• floodplain areas
• edge of floodplain forest
• scrubland

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Sep
• Oct

Tomentose scandent woody liana with tomentose branches. Tomentose leaves to 40mm x 25mm. Terminal racemes of 8mm purple flowers, tomentose sepals. Tomentose fruit 12mm x 6mm, wing 49mm x 12mm, purplish-maroon samaras.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• NYBG
• Botanicus
• FOPE