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Tournefortia ulei

Botanic Family

Boraginaceae

Author

Vaupel

Common Names

• Omenta (Huaorani)
• Nanakawe (Huao)

Geographical Habitats

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

Natural Habitats

• Tropical rainforest
• shrubland
• disturbed areas
• riverside

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Jun
• Aug
• Oct
• Nov

Liana or shrub with puberulent young branchlets. Glabrous leaves to 170mm x 80mm puberulent on veins beneath. Lax racemes to 100mm long of puberulent green & white flowers to 10mm long, calyx to 2mm long with triangular lobes to 2mm long, greenish-white corolla to 8mm long, yellowish-brown pubescent tube 6mm long & lobes to 1mm, glabrous fruit white to 5mm across

Further References

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