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Tetrapterys complicata

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

Moquin

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Sep

Twining shrubby glabrous or glabrescent liana. Leaves to 150mm x 50mm. Racemes to 100mm long with fleshy bracts & bractlets to 3mm long, yellow flowers 12mm wide with glabrous petals 6mm long. Fruit green maturing brown, samara wings 12mm x 4mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOPE