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Tetrapterys citrifolia

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Swartz) Persoon

Common Names

• Bejuco de Paralejo
• Bejuco de Sopla

Geographical Habitats

• Hispaniola
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico
• Tobago
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Montane woodland
• coastal

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Climbing twining shrub, glabrous leaves or nearly so to 170mm long, axillary umbels, yellow or cream flowers, sepals to 4mm long, petals to 6mm long, 2-winged fruit, strigillose-puberulent samaras to 30 mm long

Further References

• Botanicus
• The Plant List 2
• NAF
• SAFIO