WorldFloraDB - Cayratia mollissima

Characteristics

A climbing shrub. The stems are 2-10 m long. They are hairy and 1 cm wide. It has tendrils to attach to other plants. The leaves are arranged in spirals. The leaves have 3 leaflets. There are teeth along the edge. The end leaflet is 6.5-14 cm long by 2.5-6.5 cm wide. The side leaflets are smaller.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

-

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

-

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

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

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

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

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

It is a tropical plant

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The fruit contains oxalates.

Uses	animal food food material medicinal
Edible	fruits leaves
Therapeutic use	Anodyne (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

It can be grown from seeds or cuttings.

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

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:869705-1
WFO ID	wfo-0001145517
COL ID	8S9HB
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Vitis geniculata Cayratia rhodocarpa Cissus geniculata Cissus rhodocarpa Columella wrayi Columella geniculata Columella mollissima Cayratia geniculata Cissus alata Cissus hirtella Cissus jackii Cissus rubescens Cayratia mollissima Vitis wrayi Tetrastigma wrayi Cayratia wrayi Cissus mollissima

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cayratia mollissima (Wall.) Gagnep.

Species