WorldFloraDB - Cissus aristolochiifolia

Characteristics

Leaves simple; petiole up to 4·8 cm. long; leaf-lamina up to 8·5 × 9 cm., but usually smaller, broadly to very broadly ovate, obtuse or acute at the apex, margin minutely serrate with teeth up to 1 mm. in length, cordate to truncate at base, some of tertiary veins on under surface frequently slightly raised; stipules 1·5 × 1·5 mm., very broadly ovate, caducous.

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Cymes lax; peduncle up to 6 cm. long; pedicels up to 6 mm. long in fruit; bracts and bracteoles up to 1 × 1 mm. long, broadly ovate.

Climber with scattered caducous hairs when young; tendrils 2-fid.

Seed 1, 6 × 5 mm., dorsal crest weak and without lateral ridges.

Ripe fruits black, 6·5 × 5·5 mm. when dry, pyriform, glabrous.

Flower-bud 1·5 × 1·5 mm., very broadly cylindric.

Ovary glabrous; style 0·5–1 mm.

Calyx c. 0·5 mm. long, entire.

Petals greenish.

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Cultivation

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

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:67523-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000606031
COL ID	VKBJ
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Synonyms

Cissus aristolochiifolia

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cissus aristolochiifolia Planch.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cissus