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Cissus guerkeana (Büttn.) T.Durand & Schinz

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cissus

Characteristics

Erect herb to 30 cm. tall; stems annual from a tuberous rootstock; tubers up to 9 × 3 cm., yellowish; stems and branches glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, cylindric, longitudinally ribbed, internodes 1 to 3·5 cm. long, often zig-zag; tendrils absent.
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Leaves simple; petiole up to 1 mm. long, glabrous; leaf-lamina 3·5–6 × 0·5–1·5 cm., very narrowly elliptic to elliptic, margin distantly dentate, glabrous or sometimes with sparse hairs along midrib beneath; stipules 3 × 2 mm., triangular.
Cymes leaf-opposed, of few-flowered congested umbels; peduncle 1 cm. long, glabrous; pedicels 2–3 mm. long, glabrous; bracts and bracteoles c. 1 mm. long, triangular.
Flower-bud 1·25 mm. long, glabrous.
Seed 1, 5 × 3·5 mm., smooth.
Fruit red, 7 × 4 mm.
Calyx 0·75 mm. long.
Stigma subcapitate.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support climber
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Mature height (meter) 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

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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 guerkeana world distribution map, present in Angola, Congo, Gabon, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941684-1
WFO ID wfo-0000606354
COL ID VKL6
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Synonyms

Vitis nana Cissus prostrata Vitis guerkeana Cissus guerkeana
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