Arrabidaea chica (Humb. & Bonpl.) Verl. (Bignoniaceae)

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Guadamuz, A., Espinoza, R., Perez, D., Chavarría, F. and Masís, A. 1998. Arrabidaea chica (Bignoniaceae) Species Page, August 19, 1998. Species Home Pages, Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica. http://www.acguanacaste.ac.cr

Climbing vine.

Flower:

The flower is light purple in color. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme.

Lateral view

Longitudinal section

Fruit:

Leaves:

Compound and alternate, oblanceolate in shape and margin entire. Leaflets are 8-12 cm long.

Upper surface	Detail of the under surface
Leaf arrangement

Bark and wood:

Whole plant architecture:

Similar species:

Verification:

II.Geographic distribution:

International:

In Costa Rica:

In the Area de Conservación Guanacaste:

Map of macro-habitats of the ACG

III. Natural history:

IV. How to find:

In the localitie known as El Muerto, in Sector El Hacha.

Acknowledgements.

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.

Special thanks to N. Zamora for identifying this species.

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