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Tetrapterys acapulcensis

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

• Ahuentaca (Huaorani)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Peru
• Panama
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed forest
• forest
• secondary forest
• floodplain forest
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Sep

Festooning & pendant woody liana, hairy branchlets becoming glabrate.Coriaceous glabrous or glabrescent leaves to 150mm x 100mm. Axillary umbels with bracts & bractlets to 1.5mm long. 13 yellow flowers 18mm wide, petals 7mm long, flag petal pink towards base , sepals to 3.5mm long, yellow petals to 8mm long. Pubescent samaras yellow-green to red with wings to 30mm x 10mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• NAF
• FOPE