Paullinia paullinioides
# Paullinia paullinioides

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.

## 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.

## Distribution

Paullinia paullinioides is found in the Amazon Basin in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. It has also been observed in Venezuela.

## Ecology

The species is host to the Muscodor vitigenus fungus that produces nearly pure naphthalene which acts as an insect repellent.

