Cissus schmitzii Dewit

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cissus

Characteristics

Leaves simple; petiole up to 13 cm. long, tomentellous, with scattered black medifixed hairs; leaf-lamina up to 20 × 16 cm., broadly ovate to subcircular, abruptly acuminate at the apex, margin serrate, cordate at the base, sparsely pubescent above, tomentellous below with scattered shining black medifixed hairs on both surfaces; basal nerves 3–5; secondary nerves in 5–8 pairs; stipules up to 5 mm. long, oblong, pubescent.
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A woody climber. The stems are cylinder shaped. They are hairy when young. It has tendrils. The leaves are simple and 13 cm long. They are broadly oval. There are teeth along the edge. They are heart shaped at the base. The flowers are in loose groups. They have a white coating. The fruit are 10-15 mm long by 8 mm wide. There is one seed 10 mm long by 5 mm wide.
Cymes lax; whole inflorescence from peduncle to buds with a crisped white indumentum densely interspersed with shining black medifixed hairs; peduncle up to 10 cm. long; pedicels up to 7 mm. long, lengthening to 12 mm. in fruit.
Woody climber; stems cylindric, pubescent when young with scattered shining black medifixed hairs, glabrescent when older; tendrils 2-fid.
Seed 1, 10 × 5 mm., with a strong dorsal crest and a lateral ridge on each side branching into smaller ridges.
Ovary with black medifixed hairs; style 1–1·5 mm. long.
Fruit 10–15 × 8 mm., ovoid, glabrescent.
Calyx up to 1 mm. long.
Flower-bud 2 mm. long.
Life form perennial
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on termite mounds in woodlands. It grows near Ndola in Zambia.
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Usage

Uses food gene source
Edible fruits
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Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Cissus schmitzii world distribution map, present in Mozambique and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870071-1
WFO ID wfo-0000606819
COL ID VKYR
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Synonyms

Cissus schmitzii