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Trigonia sericea

Botanic Family

Trigoniaceae

Author

Kunth

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bolivia
• Amazonas - Brazil
• Colombia
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• seasonally inundated areas
• gallery forest
• riverine forest
• riverside

Flowering Times

• May
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Jul
• Sep
• Nov
• Dec

Pubescent liana, shrub or tree with leaves downy beneath to 150mm x 100mm, glabrous above. Panicles of up to 7 flowers to 200mm long with bracts, whitish flowers with yellow & purple markings, 5 glabrous petals to 4mm long. Yellow to brown fruit to 120mm x 25mm, trigonal capsule.

Further References

• Mobot
• Neotrop
• FB
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• FOPE