WorldFloraDB - Ampelopsis cordata

Characteristics

High-climbing vine; tendrils few or none on the flowering branches; lvs deltoid-ovate, 6–12 cm, sharply serrate-dentate, broadly truncate to shallowly cordate at base, glabrous or nearly so except at the summit of the long petiole, the terminal tooth acuminate; infls long-peduncled, arising opposite the lvs, repeatedly forked, glabrous; fls 4 mm wide, the pet glabrous; fr bluish, 7–10 mm; 2n=40. Alluvial woods, chiefly on or near the coastal plain; s. O. to Io. and e. Neb., s. to S.C. and Fla. June. (Cissus ampelopsis)

More

Lianas, moderately high climbing. Branchlets green, glabrous. Leaves simple; petiole ± equaling blade; blade ovate, 5–12 × 4–9 cm, usually unlobed, sometimes shallowly 3-shouldered, base truncate to subcordate, margins coarsely and irregularly serrate, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces glabrous or abaxial surface sparsely puberulent. Inflorescences ± equaling to longer than leaves. Flowers yellowish green. Berries ripening from green to orange, rose, purple and finally blue, subglobose, 6–10 mm diam. 2n = 40.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.6

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

0.3

Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Urinary Aid (bark)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
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Germination luminosity	-
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