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Semialarium mexicanum

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Miers) Mennega

Common Names

• Mata Piojo (Guatemala)
• Guacharo (Costa Rica)
• Matapiojo (El Salvador)
• Cucaracho (El Salvador)
• Tietie (Belize)
• Salbeets (Mayan)
• Chum-loop (Mayan)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Open woodland
• coastal
• forest
• riverside
• gallery forest
• thickets.

Flowering Times

• All year (Nicaragua)

Fruiting Times

• All year (Nicaragua)

Twining woody hirtellous or puberulent liana or tree with glabrous leaves to 100mm long. Pubescent axillary panicles or cymes to 60mm long of yellow or green flowers, 10mm across, petals to 5mm long. Trilobed green capsule to 60mm long turning brown.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOG
• Kew
• Standley