DNeill16024--Ecuador. Zam. Ch. Res.Tapichalaca. Roadside. 25 Sep 07. 167.jpg
Native to 38 botanical countries across Tropical Asia, Australasia, Northern America, and Southern America; introduced into Assam, Austria, Azores, Bangladesh, Comoros, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Great Britain, Haiti, Ireland, Madeira, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Pakistan, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Réunion, Sicilia, Sri Lanka, Trinidad-Tobago, Vietnam (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Ecuador, Zamora Chinchipe, Palanda (Palanda Canton)
-4.481111, -79.149167
Location Remarks
Tapichalaca Reserve, south of Podocarpus National Park, along road between Yangana and Valladolid, upper Río Chinchipe watershed. Wet montane cloud forest and disturbed roadside vegetation. 2650 m elev.
Collectors
David A. Neill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Scandent shrub or vine, in disturbed roadside vegetation. Corolla pale greenish to ivory-white. Mature fruit a fleshy berry, bright red.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Polygonaceae
Genus
Muehlenbeckia
Authorship
Meisn.
