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Strychnos brachiata

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

• Se-hé-pa (Kufán)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amazonas
• Pará - Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Floodplain
• forests
• riversides

Flowering Times

• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

Tendril liana or shrub to 30m long. Glabrous leaves to 130mm x 55mm. Hairy axillary & terminal corymbs or cymes with bracts to 25mm long, 4mm long white flowers, villous outside, pubescent calyx lobes 2mm long, corolla tube 10mm long strigose without, simple tendrils. Greenish-yellow berries to 35mm diameter with corky shell

Further References

• NYBG
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• G. Don
• FOPE
• HUBM
• Gleason & Moldenke