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Paullinia paullinioides
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Paullinia paullinioides is a flowering plant species in the genus of Paullinia found in South America. It was first described in 1895, by Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer.[1]
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Description
Paullinia paullinioides is a tropical liana. It has trifoliolate leaves with elliptic to ovate leaflets and fruit with spines 1.2–1.4 cm (1⁄3–2⁄3 in) long.[2]
Distribution
Paullinia paullinioides is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.[2] It has also been observed in Venezuela.[3]
Ecology
The species is host to the Muscodor vitigenus fungus that produces nearly pure naphthalene which acts as an insect repellent.[4]
References
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