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Bread and cheese
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Bread and cheese

Paullinia pinnata L.

Names

EnglishBread and cheese
Dutch—
SpanishBejuco de costilla
Chinese羽叶醒神藤
Scientific namePaullinia pinnata L.

About this species

Paullinia pinnata is a flowering plant species in the genus of Paullinia found in South America and Africa.

The long flexible stems of P. pinnata are used to poison fish in shallow pools, as described by the English naturalist Henry Walter Bates in his book The Naturalist on the River Amazons.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderSapindales
FamilySapindaceae
GenusPaullinia

In Suriname

140Records in Suriname
1687First record
2006Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Saramacca20
  • Paramaribo18
  • Commewijne10
  • Sipaliwini6
  • Brokopondo3
  • Marowijne3
  • Wanica1
  • Nickerie1
  • Para1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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