Rubiaceae Hillia parasitica Jacq.

| |	© W.D. Hawthorne

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Keywords in this picture :

• Fruit
• Seed
• Fruit details
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Grand Etang - GRENADA
• Mount Qua Qua - GRENADA

Species information

Description
Climbing, epiphytic shrub. Leaf blades 5-10cm long, very fleshy, hairless. Flowers solitary white with tube 8-12cm and 5 or 6 lobes to 5cm long. Fruit splitting when ripe, 6-9cm with 15mm long seeds with a 1cm tuft of hairs.

Specimen information

Collection Date
21/06/2001

Collector
W.D. Hawthorne, S.Cable & D. Jules

Specimen Number
605

Location
Road near crater lake.

Notes
Woody epiphyte at 2 m. LEAVES: thick and fleshy. FLOWERS: white, no scent at 12am.

Coordinates
Latitude: 12.060000 N   Longitude: 61.420000 W   Altitude: 600