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Tetrapterys phlomoides

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

(Sprengel) Niedenzu

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahia
• Distrito Federal
• Espírito Santo
• Minas Gerais
• Paraná
• Rio de Janeiro
• São Paulo - Brazil
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• forest edge
• woodland
• shrubland
• coastal forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul

Twining liana or shrub. Leaves to 100mm x 80mm, scabrous glabrate above, downy beneath with revolute margins. 4-flowered axillary racemes or panicles with bracts & bractlets to 2mm long, yellow flowers maturing orange-red to 20mm wide, dentate orange petals 7mm long with claws 3.5mm long. Velvety samara with pale pink to red wings to 23mm x 10mm, nut 4mm wide.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE