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Strychnos panamensis

Botanic Family

Loganiaceae

Author

Seemann

Common Names

• Canjura (Panama)
• Fruta de Murciélago (Panama)

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Panama
• Chiapas
• Guerrero
• Jalisco
• Oaxaca
• Sinaloa
• Tabasco
• Veracruz - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• primary & secondary
• riverside
• wet forest
• montane rain forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Jan-Aug (Nic) Dec

Fruiting Times

• Apr-Nov (Nic)

Large tendril hemiepiphytic liana with stiff spines. Pubescent leaves. Terminal cymes or corymbs, dull yellow corolla to 20mm, lobes 2mm, white flowers turning pale yellow. Yellowish fruit to 90mm diameter,.

Further References

• Botanicus
• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Standley