Cnestidium rufescens Planch (Connaraceae)

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Guadamuz, A., Masís, A., Perez, D., Chavarría, F. and Espinoza, R.1998. Cnestidium rufescens (Connaraceae) Species Page, 18 February 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Woody liana.

Flower:

Fruits:

Fruits are ferugineous-tomentose (the trichomes (hairs) gives them a red tone).

The folicles are dehiscent.

Fruits and infrutescence

Mature fruits, entrie and dissected

Leaves:

Compound leaves, aproximately 7-18 cm in lenght. Upper surface is dark green and under surface light green.

Upper surface	Under surface
Leaflet upper surface	Leaflet under surface
Close up of the upper surface	Close up of the under surface

Each leaf has 7 leaflets each of which are aproximatley 3-6 cm in lenght.

Petiole is cilindrical.

Bark and wood:

The bark is grayish and smooth. The wood is cream colored.

Internal and external bark

Whole plant architecture:

Habit

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

South Mexico to Colombia; Cuba (Croat 1978).

In Costa Rica

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Maps of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural history:

In Panama it flowers from July to September. The fruits mature at the beginig of the dry season (Croat 1978).

IV. How to find:

In the trails of Sector El Hacha, near Los Almendros station.

Acknowledgments:

This project was carried out by the Area de Conservación Guanacaste/CR, with help from INBio/CR, ICBG from the Foggarty center, NIH/USA and NSF/USA.

Literature cited:

Croat, T.B. 1978. Flora of Barro Colorado Island. Standford University Press, Standford. Pg 421.