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Strychnos mattogrossensis

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

S. Moore

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Ceará
• Maranhão
• Mato Grosso
• Pará
• Paraiba
• Pernambuco
• Rio Grande - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Coastal
• forest remnant
• forest
• riverside
• seasonally inundated areas

Flowering Times

• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Liana with white flowers, calyx lobes to 1.5mm x 0.5mm, corolla tube to 0.9mm with lobes to 1.5mm. Thin-shelled orange fruits to 15mm diameter.Tendrils modified into spines

Further References

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