Hanging Palicourea paniculata flower clusters with yellow, cream and purplish tubular flowers

Palicourea paniculata


A shrub or small tree native from central Colombia to Venezuela and Suriname, it grows in wet tropical forests, including recovering woodland. Its tubular flowers have a swollen base and an internal ring of hairs. White corollas with greenish tips can become purple as they age, and the fleshy fruits ripen to black. Photographed in Bogotá, Colombia.

A cream Palicourea paniculata flower with greenish lobes and brown anthers
Palicourea paniculata forms a spreading tree crown with small pale flower clusters
Palicourea paniculata has pale flowers among long leaves on branching stems
Palicourea paniculata forms a large tree with yellowish flower clusters against blue sky

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