The plant is about two and a half to three meters high with opposite leaves. Cream white flowers are fairly large. Can anyone ID it? Thanks.
It's in the Solanaceae, but the name escapes me at the moment. My field guide has it marked as an Iochroma, but I can't find any reference to one with such belled flowers. Trianaea is similar, but not quite right either....
With opposite leaves and the suggestion of stipular scars across the nodes unlikely to be Solanaceae. Also, the flowers appear to have an inferior ovary. My hunch would be Rubiaceae. But neotropical Rubiaceae are a vast and diverse group, about which I know very little!
Could also be something from Gentianaceae. Compare, for example with these: http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/dfm/metas/view/31623 http://gentian.rutgers.edu/genera/genMacrimgOZ.htm
Andrey, that's great work! I would go for the Chelonanthus, the corolla, stamens, etc look virtually identical. And a scar across the node is consistent with some Gentianaceae, I think.
