Pinzona coriacea Mart. & Zucc.

Bejuco de agua (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Dilleniales > Dilleniaceae > Pinzona

Characteristics

A twining creeper. It grows 30 cm long. The stems are cylinder shaped and 10 cm across. The stems have lots of potable water when cut. The bark is reddish-brown and peels off in s scaly manner. The branches are angular and hairy. The leaves are alternate and 9-22 cm long by 3-13 cm wide. They are broadly oval. The edges can have teeth and the edges curl back. The flowers are in groups 3-7 cm long in the axils of leaves. The fruit is a capsule with 2 lobes. There are 2 seeds in each fruit.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist forests in mountain areas.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible stems
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Distribution

Pinzona coriacea world distribution map, present in Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Saint Lucia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:317113-1
WFO ID wfo-0000396645
COL ID 4J2LC
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INPN ID 630422
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Synonyms

Calinea bentegeati Pinzona coriacea Doliocarpus calineoides Curatella coriacea Doliocarpus coriacea Pinzona calineoides Doliocarpus belizensis Doliocarpus nicaraguensis