Adelobotrys adscendens Triana

Species

Angiosperms > Myrtales > Melastomataceae > Adelobotrys

Characteristics

Stems climbing several meters high, the younger parts, petioles, and inflores-cence thinly brown-strigose; petioles 1-2 cm. long; leaf-blades firm or fleshy, subrotund, 6-10 cm. long, short-acuminate, entire or serrulate, rounded or truncate at base, 5-nerved, glabrous above; inflorescence a panicle 2-4 dm. long from the upper axils or terminal, each component umbel 2-to 6-flowered; pedicels 2-5 mm. long; hypanthium 5 mm. long; petals white, 10 mm. long; anthers 6-10 mm. long, the dorsal spur 3-4 mm. long.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Images

Leaf

Adelobotrys adscendens leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Adelobotrys adscendens leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Adelobotrys adscendens leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Adelobotrys adscendens flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Adelobotrys adscendens flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Adelobotrys adscendens flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Adelobotrys adscendens fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Adelobotrys adscendens fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Adelobotrys adscendens world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:566051-1
WFO ID wfo-0001078710
COL ID 9XR2
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 734073
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Synonyms

Adelobotrys multiflora Miconia scandens Davya peruviana Davya adscendens Melastoma adscendens Adelobotrys guianensis Davya guianensis Marshallfieldia boissieriana Sarmentaria decora Adelobotrys adscendens