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Volkameria mollis

Botanic Family

Lamiaceae

Author

(Kunth) Mabberley & Y.W. Yuan

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Colombia
• Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
• Panama
• Peru

Natural Habitats

• Marsh edges
• coastal
• forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Liana to 10m or shrub with lenticellate branches. Leaves to 60mm x 34mm sparsely pubescent above & tomentose beneath. Axillary & terminal cymes with bractlets to 1mm long, fragrant flowers, 5-lobed calyx, white or pinkish corolla to 25mm long with 5 lobes. Fleshy drupe.

Leaves used to flavour fish, medicinal

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke
• Kew