Ayenia aculeata (Jacq.) Christenh. & Byng

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Ayenia

Characteristics

A hermaphrodite deciduous shrub.
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Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots shoots
Therapeutic use Depurative (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Syphilis (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Ayenia aculeata world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77183732-1
WFO ID wfo-0001423467
COL ID K4PN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 453680
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Byttneria aculeata Byttneria aculeata Byttneria acuminata Byttneria lanceolata Byttneria oligacantha Byttneria peruviana Byttneria sulcata Byttneria tereticaulis Byttneria tessmannii Byttneria tiliifolia Chaetaea aculeata Chaetaea lanceolata Asclepias armata Byttneria brevipes Byttneria carthagenensis Ayenia aculeata Byttneria lateralis Byttneria rubricaulis Byttneria guatemalensis