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Sparattanthelium amazonum

Botanic Family

Hernandiaceae

Author

Martius

Common Names

• Dum Dum (Spanish)
• Dunduma Huasca (Quichua)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Canopy
• riverside
• forest
• primary forest
• forest edge
• secondary forest
• coastal
• wet thickets

Flowering Times

• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• Aug
• Sep

Shrub or liana or tree to 15m with glabrous branches. Glabrous leaves to 130mm x 45mm. Lax many-flowered axillary panicles to 7mm long of fragrant greenish-white flowers 1mm long, 4-parted calyx 0.5mm long. White or black fruit a pendulous drupe 18mm long with 4-6 ribs.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• FOG
• Academia