Tanaecium pyramidatum
(Rich.) L.G.Lohmann
Bignoniaceae
Adenocalymma densiflorum Rusby
Arrabidaea dichasia J.D.Sm.
Bignonia brachiata Sessé & Moc.
Bignonia dasyantha DC.
Bignonia ehretioides Cham.
Bignonia laurifolia Vahl
Bignonia lenta Mart. ex DC.
Bignonia martiusiana DC.
Bignonia pyramidata Rich.
Bignonia rupestris Gardener
Bignonia sinclairii Benth.
Bignonia striata DC.
Haplolophium pyramidatum (Rich.) Miers
Memora lenta (Mart. ex DC.) Bureau & K.Schum.
Mussatia venezuelensis Bureau
Pachyptera dasyantha DC.
Pachyptera perrottetii DC.
Pachyptera striata DC.
Pachyptera umbelliformis DC.
Paragonia pyramidata (Rich.) Bureau
Petastoma leiophyllum Kraenzl.
Petastoma macrocalyx Kraenzl.
Pithecoctenium reticulare DC.
Tabebuia pyramidata (Rich.) DC.
Zeyheria surinamensis Miq.
Common Name:
General Information
Tanaecium pyramidatum is a climbing plant with woody stems, attaching itself to the surrounding vegetation by means of tendrils[
1260- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol 85
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.mobot.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis, Missouri
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing a range of articles
].
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
1260- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol 85
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.mobot.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis, Missouri
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing a range of articles
Range
S. America - Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico
Habitat
Tropical and premontane wet forests, thriving in a diversity of ecological conditions from dry hillsides to swamps; usually at elevations up to 1,000 metres, occasionally rising to 2,066 metres[
1260- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol 85
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.mobot.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis, Missouri
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing a range of articles
].
Properties
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Climber |
| Height | 0.00 m |
| Pollinators | Bees |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
The watery sap is used for drinking[
1260- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol 85
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.mobot.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis, Missouri
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing a range of articles
].
Medicinal
The plant, part not specified, is used to treat stomach and intestinal problems[
1260- Title
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol 85
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://www.mobot.org
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis, Missouri
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0026-6493
- Description
- A botanical journal containing a range of articles
].
Other Uses
The stem is used in basket making[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
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- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
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].
The stem can be used as a rope for tying boards, canoes and rafts[
1783- Title
- Enciclopedia de las Plantas Útiles del Ecuador
- Publication
-
- Author
- de la Torre, L., Navarrete H., P. Muriel M., Macía M.J. & Ba
- Publisher
- Herbario QCA de la Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas de la Pontific
- Year
- 2008
- ISBN
- 978-9978-77-135-8
- Description
-
]..
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
