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Tournefortia glabra

Botanic Family

Boraginaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

• Maíz de Gallo (Costa Rica)

Geographical Habitats

• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Jamaica
• S. Mexico
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Forest
• shrubland
• riverside
• thickets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Large scandent or erect shrub or small tree with glabrescent branchlets. Leaves to 150mm long becoming glabrescent. Lax spikeso f flowers, calyx lobes to 2mm long, pale green or whitish corolla with tube 4mm long. Succulent white fruit to 9mm x 5mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• SAFIO
• Standley