Cissampelos owariensis Beauv. ex Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Menispermaceae > Cissampelos

Characteristics

Liane with stem and branchlets ± densely hairy-pubescent, rarely hairy and puberulous, sometimes ultimately glabrescent; indumentum normally composed of spreading hairs.. Leaves with petiole 4–16 cm. long inserted 0.8–2 cm. from the base of the blade; blade broadly ovate, generally suborbicular and angular (with the angles more or less prominent) or broadly triangular, truncate or rounded or subcordate at base, obtuse and mucronulate at apex, with variable indumentum, very rarely glabrous beneath; basal nerves 5–7, palmate.. Male inflorescences up to 40 cm. long; cymules with pubescent peduncles 0.5–3 cm. long.. Male flowers with sepals 1–1.5 mm. long and 0.7–1.2 mm. wide, hairy outside; corolla cup-shaped, 1–1.2 mm. long.. Female inflorescences up to 35 cm. long; bracts suborbicular or reniform, up to 4 cm. in diameter, mucronulate, hairy, longly ciliolate; pedicels 1–1.2 mm. long.. Female flowers with sepal 1.2–2 mm. long and 0.7–1 mm. wide; petal truncate or subreniform, 1–1.2 mm. long and wide; carpel 1–1.3 mm. long, hairy.. Drupes 4–6 mm. long, 4–5 mm. wide, hairy.
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Leaf-lamina broadly ovate, generally suborbicular and angular (with the angles more or less prominent) or broadly triangular, truncate, rounded or subcordate at the base, obtuse and mucronulate at the apex, with variable indumentum, very rarely glabrous beneath, basal nerves 5–7, palmate, petiole 4–16 cm. long, inserted 0.8–2 cm. from the base of the lamina.
Liane with stem and branchlets more or less densely pubescent, rarely puberulous, sometimes ultimately glabrescent; indumentum normally composed of spreading hairs.
Female inflorescences up to 35 cm. long; bracts up to 4 cm. in diam., suborbicular or reniform, mucronulate, hairy, long-ciliolate; pedicels 1–1.2 mm. long.
Female flowers with sepal 1.2–2 x 0.7–1 mm.; petals 1–1.2 x 1–1.2 mm., truncate or subreniform; carpel 1–1.3 mm. long, hairy.
Male inflorescences with sepals 1–1.5 x 0–7–1.2 mm., hairy outside; corolla 1–1.2 mm. long, cup-shaped.
Male inflorescences up to 40 cm. long; cymules with pubescent peduncles 0.5–3 cm. long.
Female inflorescence with greenish-white bracts, and red fruits.
Drupe 4–6 x 4–5 mm., hairy.
A twiner
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Lowland and riverine forest, also in secondary forest; it is often also common in clearings, orchards, fields and hedges, especially on moist soils, at elevations up to 900 metres.
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Mainly in secondary growth in forest regions
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use material medicinal
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Cissampelos owariensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Burundi, Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:580423-1
WFO ID wfo-0000605871
COL ID 5Z94X
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Synonyms

Cissampelos insignis Cissampelos insolita Cissampelos macrosepala Cissampelos robertsonii Cissampelos owariensis Cissampelos pareira var. owariensis Cissampelos owariensis var. asperifolia Cissampelos pareira subsp. owariensis