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Volkameria ligustrina

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

Jacquin

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Belize
• Costa Rica
• Guatemala
• Honduras
• Chiapas
• Oaxaca - Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama

Natural Habitats

• Marshes
• swamps
• riverside
• secondary forest
• inundated areas

Flowering Times

• Nov (Mauritius)

Fruiting Times

Erect shrub, shrubby tree or clambering vine. Glabrous leaves to 100mm x 51mm. Supra-axillary or rarely terminal cymes to 75mm x 70mm, usually 3-7 flowers per cyme, bracts to 15mm x 6mm on cymes & bractlets to 6mm long, calyx to 8mm long with 5 lobes, white or pale yellow corolla, tube 12mm long with 5 lobes. Brown drupe 12mm x 12mm.

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew