Berchemia scandens (Hill) K.Koch

Rattan vine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Berchemia

Characteristics

Vines, usually climbing-scandent, twining to some extent, extending into crowns of trees. Stems to 10 cm diam., bark smooth, glabrous. Leaves glabrate (petioles sometimes sparsely short-pubescent at base); blade ovate to elliptic-ovate or elliptic, 3–6(–8) cm, base truncate to rounded or obtuse, margins entire or shallowly undulate-crenate (teeth at vein endings), apex obtuse to short acuminate; secondary veins 8–12 pairs, strongly parallel. Inflorescences 7–20-flowered. Drupes mostly blue-black to purple-black or purple-red, cylindric to oblong-ellipsoid, 5–8 mm, often glaucous.
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Stems high-climbing, tough and flexible; lvs petioled, ovate, oval, or oblong, 3–6 cm, acute to rounded, entire or undulate, glabrous, with several conspicuous parallel ascending veins; panicles 1–5 cm; sep and pet 2 mm; fr oval or oblong, slightly compressed, 6–8 mm. Swamps and wet woods, chiefly on the coastal plain; se. Va. to Fla. and Tex., n. in the interior to s. Ill. May.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Reproductive Aid (bark), Reproductive Aid (leaf), Blood Medicine (unspecified), Cough Medicine (unspecified), Other (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Berchemia scandens unspecified picture

Distribution

Berchemia scandens world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:716722-1
WFO ID wfo-0000564186
COL ID LKHN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Berchemia scandens Ziziphus volubilis Berchemia volubilis Rhamnus volubilis Rhamnus scandens Oenoplea volubilis Berchemia repanda Berchemia scandens