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Strychnos cogens

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Bentham

Common Names

• Garemoncamo (Huaorani)
• Iko (Tikuna)
• Iha (Jamamadi)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Pará
• Roraima - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• tropical rain forest
• inundated areas

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Oct

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Pubescent liana to 30m. Coriaceous glabrous leaves to 150mm x 65mm. Axillary panicles or cymes to 15mm long with bracts. Yellow flowers, calyx lobes to 2mm long puberulent without. Yellow fruit to 18mm diameter, tendrils.

Poisonous fruit?

Edible fruit

Further References

• Mobot
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• HUBM
• Gleason & Moldenke