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Tontelea passiflora

Botanic Family

Celastraceae

Author

(Velloso) Lombardi

Common Names

• Quërimati (Chácobo)

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Ecuador
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Panama
• Peru
• Suriname
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• seasonally inundated areas
• riverine forest
• coastal
• primary forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun

Scrambling liana or tree with leaves to 220mm x 90mm. Aromatic golden-yellow, white or green flower in axillary cymes to 45mm long, petals 2mm long. Reddish fruit 25mm diameter.

Further References

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