Cissus aristata Blume

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cissus

Characteristics

Lianas, woody. Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges, with sparse, appressed versatile hairs; tendrils bifurcate. Leaves simple; stipules herbaceous, sparsely pilose; petiole 3-7 cm, with appressed versatile hairs; leaf blade cordate-oval, 4.5-7 × 4-9 cm, abaxially with appressed versatile hairs, adaxially nearly glabrous, basal veins 5, lateral veins 4-6 pairs, veinlets inconspicuous abaxially, base subtruncate or cordate, notch of cordate base obtuse and angular, margin 16-24-toothed on each side, apex acute. Inflorescence umbelliform, leaf-opposed; peduncle 2-3 cm, with appressed versatile hairs. Pedicel 2-2.5 mm, with sparse, appressed versatile hairs. Buds oval, 2-3 mm, apex obtuse. Calyx sparsely pilose, entire. Petals triangular-oval, ca. 2.5 mm, sparsely pubescent. Anthers oval. Lower part of ovary adnate to disk; style conical; stigma slightly expanded. Berry 8-10 × 6-7 mm, 1-seeded. Seed rostrum sharp, surface with raised ridges, ventral holes narrow upward 1/3 from base. Fl. May-Nov, fr. Dec-Feb.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

Uses animal food material medicinal poison
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Therapeutic use Tumor (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cissus aristata world distribution map, present in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:67522-1
WFO ID wfo-0000606030
COL ID VKBH
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Synonyms

Cissus simplex Vitis pyrrhodasys Cissus pyrrhodasys Vitis simplex Cissus aristata Parthenocissus assamica var. pilosissima