Cissus alata Jacq.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cissus

Characteristics

A crooked tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.05 - 1.25
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Stomach (unspecified), Vesicant (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) 1
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Cissus alata habit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Cissus alata habit picture by Shehadi Ramiz (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cissus alata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Cissus alata leaf picture by valencia sosa (cc-by-sa)
Cissus alata leaf picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Flower

Cissus alata flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)
Cissus alata flower picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Fruit

Cissus alata fruit picture by Nelson Zamora Villalobos (cc-by-nc)

Distribution

Cissus alata world distribution map, present in Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:311226-2
WFO ID wfo-0000605974
COL ID 5Z94L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 839030
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cissus rhombifolia Gonoloma alata Cissus alata Cissus pubescens Vitis rhombifolia Vitis alata Cissus sulcicaulis var. alata