The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Abuta obovata is a climbing or shrubby vine in the moonseed family, native to wet tropical northern South America. It is a wild forest species and is not known as a commonly grown garden or houseplant.
Abuta obovata is a species of climbing plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is a shrub or climbing plant native to South America. The species produces drupes.
Ludwig Diels described Abuta obovata in 1936.
Abuta obovata is found in the wet tropical biome of northern Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.
Abuta acutifolia · Abuta alto-macahensis · Abuta antioquiana · Abuta aristeguietae · Abuta barbata · Abuta brevifolia · Abuta bullata · Abuta candollei · Abuta chiapasensis · Abuta chocoensis · Abuta colombiana · Abuta dwyeriana
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Abuta obovata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
