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Tontelea coriacea

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

A.C. Smith

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forest

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Sep
• Nov

Tree or liana with lenticellate branchlets. Coriaceous leaves to 300mm x 105mm, sometimes black-punctate beneath. Inflorescence to 35mm long, yellow flowers to 3mm diameter with sepals to 1mm x 1mm, puberulent without. Puberulent petals to 2.2mm long. Fruit maturing red with brown spots.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• NYBG
• FOPE
• The Plant List 2