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Strychnos asperula

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Sprague & Sandwith

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Acre
• Amazonas
• Rondônia - Brazil
• Bolivia
• Ecuador
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Riverside
• floodplain
• moist forest
• disturbed areas

Flowering Times

• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jul
• Oct

Liana with coriaceous glabrous leaves 100mm x 50mm. Terminal densely flowered cymes with bracts to 2.5mm long, white or yellow flowers with sweet scent, calyx lobes 7.5mm long, glabrous corolla tube 8.5mm long with lobes 2.5mm long. 50mm diameter fruit ripening orange

Further References

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