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Selysia prunifera

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Poeppig & Endlicher) Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• N. Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• riversides
• coastal
• rain forest
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Perennial high-climbing pubescent or glabrate herbaceous climber with 3-lobed leaves to 150mm x 150mm, puberulent on nerves, basal lobes to 30mm x 40mm, bifid tendrils. Night flowering white flowers with green lines 22mm long, green outside, geminate or ternate male flowers, calyx to 4mm x 8mm with teeth to 1mm, white corolla with lobes to 15mm long. Smooth fruit to 40mm long, bright red

Further References

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