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Sigmoidotropis speciosa

Botanic Family

Leguminosae

Author

(Kunth) A. Delgado

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Paraguay
• Nicaragua
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed scrubland
• disturbed forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Oct-Mar (Nic)

Fruiting Times

• Oct-Mar (Nic)

Slender climbing or trailing pubescent or glabrate twiner, branches & petioles pubescent, with mucronate leaflets puberulous above tomentose beneath to 25mm long. 40mm White, violet or blue flowers, fruit to 180mm long

Further References

• Menninger 1970
• Mobot
• APDC
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Standley