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Serjania communis

Botanic Family

Sapindaceae

Author

Cambessèdes

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Espírito Santo
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rio Grande do Sul
• Santa Catarina
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• forest
• seasonally inundated areas
• forest remnants
• forest margin
• montane forest

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Tendril climber with 3-5-angled stems, puberulous branches. Biternate leaves to 140mm x 120mm, toothed mucronulate puberulous leaflets to 80mm x 40mm. White or yellowish flowers in thyrses or panicles to 280mm long with bracts & bractlets. Crisp-pulverulent flower sepals to 3mm long, white petals 6mm x 3mm. 30mm x 30mm puberulous or glabrous fruit dark crimson & green with puberulent wings.

Further References

• Bailey 1976
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE