Hillia parasitica Jacq.

  • Filed As

    Rubiaceae
    Hillia parasitica Jacq.

  • Habitat

    Heavily disturbed cloud forest.

  • Description

    Shrub ca. 2 m tall. Leaves dull green, with purplish-green petioles. Calyx & bracts green. Corolla tube green, the limb and lobes dorsally suffused with maroon; the lobes yellowish-cream to white within. Fruit maroonish-brown. Common.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3227817

    Occurrence ID: 745e05cc-54c5-410a-883b-9fb6362e9caa

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Rubiaceae

  • All Determinations

    Hillia parasitica Jacq.

THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Colombia
IPD. '98

Rubiaceae

Hillia parasitica Jacq.
det. C. M. Taylor, 1992

Colombia. Valle/Chocó border: Alto del Galápago;
ca. 2000 m; ca. 4°40′N, 76°25'W. Heavily disturbed
cloud forest along Ansermanuevo-San José del Palmar
road.

Shrub ca. 2 m tall. Leaves dull green, with
purplish-green petioles. Calyx & bracts green.
Corolla tube green, the limb and lobes dorsally suf-
fused with maroon; the lobes yellowish-cream to
white within. Fruit maroonish-brown. Common.

James L. Luteyn and 12698 27 Apr 1989
Jorge Giraldo

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