ON THIS PLANT
Coccoloba gigantifolia is a species of flowering plant in the knotweed family Polygonaceae. It is endemic to the Madeira River Basin in the states of Amazonas and Rondônia in the central and southwestern Brazilian Amazon. This species resembles that of Coccoloba mollis but differs in that it has much larger leaves in its fertile branches.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Coccoloba
- Family
- Polygonaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Wild Umbrella
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