Asplundia albicarpa

Taxobox
name = "Asplundia albicarpa"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Lilliopsida
ordo = Pandanales
familia = Cyclanthaceae
genus = "Asplundia"
species = "A. albicarpa"
binomial = "Asplundia albicarpa"
binomial_authority = Hammel 2003

"Asplundia albicarpa" is a species of plant belonging to the family Cyclanthaceae. It has a long stem up to 2 m long with petioles up to 52 cm long carrying broad bifid leaves up to 65 cm long. It can be distinguished from most of its congeners by its fruit which remain white or greenish white when mature (The fruit of most "Asplundia spp" turn a variety of different colours upon maturity). "A. albicarpa" grows both as an epiphyte and as a terrestrial plant.

It is found in primary rainforest habitats from Costa Rica south to Colombia and Ecuador.

References

* [http://www.inbio.ac.cr/pdf/CyclanthNovon03.pdf New Species of Cyclanthaceae from southern Central America and northern South America]