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Tetrapterys schiedeana

Botanic Family

Malpighiaceae

Author

Schlectendahl & Chamisso

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Primary forest
• forest edges
• forest
• thickets
• coastal

Flowering Times

• Apr-May (Nicaragua)

Fruiting Times

• Apr & Aug-Feb (Nicaragua)

Woody vine, shrub or small tree with leaves glabrous or nearly so or slightly pubescent to 100mm long, creamy yellow fruit turning partly red, terminal umbels or panicles with pubescent branches, yellow flowers maturing orange & red, sepals to 4mm long, yellow petals to 8mm long, pubescent samaras to 30mm long, middle nerve of leaves strigose

Further References

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