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Strychnos erichsonii

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

R.H. Schomburgk ex Progel

Common Names

• Devildoer (Cr)
• Kwabanero (Ar)
• Ir-rro-chee (Kofán)
• Mun-tai-rú-chee (Kofán)
• Koo-ee-et (Makú)
• Wa-oo-neé-ma-ma (Makuna)
• Lee-ma-na-joó (Desano)
• E-re-quí (Karijona)

Geographical Habitats

• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Roraima - Brazil
• Bolivia
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest edge
• forest
• coastal forest
• tropical rain forest
• floodplain forest
• riverside
• inundated areas

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Jul-Nov (Brazil) Mar
• Apr
• May
• Sep Sep-Oct (Colombia)

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Oct
• Nov Sep-Oct (Colombia)

Glabrous liana to 60m climbing with hooks & spines. Coriaceous leaves to 260mm x 130mm, puberulent on mid-rib above. Terminal & axillary puberulent panicles to 25mm long of scented 8mm cream flowers, calyx lobes 1mm long, corolla tube 8mm long. Yellow-brown tuberculate fruit 35mm diameter

Further References

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