Flowers; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaves; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Vale do Catimbau National Park, Buíque, Pernambuco, Brazil; 2/2015 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2370 Date of entry: 18.02.2015 Last update: 25.06.2020
Portuguese: Saca-rolha
Kingdom: Plantae (2625)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2528)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2137)
Order: Malvales (80)
Family: Malvaceae (61)(family description)
Genus: Helicteres (3)
Epithet: heptandra L.B.Sm. (1)
heptandra => seven stamens
Climate: tropical
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: red, orange
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