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Tetrapterys mucronata

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

Cavanilles

Common Names

• Tee-mee-a-mee-see-ma (Makuna)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Acre
• Amapá
• Amazonas
• Bahia
• Espirito Santo
• Maranhão
• Minas Gerais
• Pará
• Rio de Janeiro
• Rondonia - Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Disturbed areas
• seasonally inundated areas
• forests
• riverside
• riverine forest
• coastal forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• May
• Sep

Liana or shrub with orange-reddish pubescence on young parts. Glabrate mucronate leaves to 150mm x 55mm. 4-6 flowered terminal or axillary panicles or umbels with bracts & bractlets to 1mm long of yellow flowers to 15mm wide, petals to 8mm long. Glabrate pink samaras to 26mm x 10mm, nut to 4mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• LJB
• Botanicus
• FOPE
• HUBM