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Strychnos amazonica

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Krukoff

Common Names

• Hess-pá-chu (Kofán)

Geographical Habitats

• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Pará
• Rondônia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Dec

Liana or tree to 30m with vine-like upper branches. Glabrous coriaceous leaves to 150m x 85mm. Axillary rusty-puberulent cymes, white flowers, calyx lobes 1mm long, glabrous corolla tube to 8mm long. Yellow to red fruit.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• HUBM
• Gleason & Moldenke