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Cayratia maritima Jackes

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cayratia

Characteristics

A scrambling vine. Each year the top dies down but the plant re-grows from the rootstock. The plant has tendrils which are divided into 3 at the tip. The leaves occur one after another along opposite sides of the stalk. Each leaf is made up of 3 leaflets. The central leaflet is oval and 4-9 cm long by 3-5 cm wide. The side leaflets are unequal in shape and 3-8 cm long by 2.4 cm wide. The edges of all the leaflets have teeth. The leaflets do not have hairs except for a row of hooked hairs along the midrib. The flower cluster has 3-5 branches and grows from the axil of the leaf. The cluster is made up of many flowers and is 10 cm wide. The flowers are greenish-white and 1-2 mm across. The fruit is rounded but also flattened. It is 1.5 cm across and 1 cm long. The fruit are black when ripe. Inside there are 2-4 seeds. These are boat shaped and 5-7 mm long. They have ridges.
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Vines, herbaceous. Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges, with simple hairs at nodes when young; tendrils 2-or 3-furcate. Leaves 3-foliolate; stipules caducous, triangular; petioles 2-4 cm; leaflets abaxially glabrous when mature, or with hooked hairs on veins near junction of petiole and blade, lateral veins 5 or 6 pairs, veinlets inconspicuous; central leaflet ovate-rhomboid, 2-5 × 1.5-2.5 cm, base cuneate, apex acuminate; lateral leaflets oblique, margin crenulate-serrate. Cymose dichasium axillary. Calyx papillose. Petals spreading, papillose. Anthers oval. Lower part of ovary adnate to disk. Berry globose, ca. 1 cm in diam., 2-4-seeded.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Environment

A tropical plant. Plants grow on the edges of monsoon forest near the coast. They commonly occur near permanent water.
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Usage

The fruit can be eaten raw. It has a strong taste.
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Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Plants can regrow from the underground tuber. Plants grow in the wet season and die back in the dry season.
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Distribution

Cayratia maritima world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:932690-1
WFO ID wfo-0000591704
COL ID 7THQQ
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Synonyms

Cayratia maritima
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