Clematis grandiflora Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

A tall woody climbing plant, up to 13 m. or more in length; younger stems with scattered hairs, becoming glabrous with age, ribbed and furrowed.. Leaves pinnate with usually 5 leaflets often unequal in size and reduced when associated with the inflorescences; leaflets ovate to oblong-ovate, acute to shortly acuminate, more or less cordate at base, generally not lobed, crenate-dentate but not strongly, pubescent to glabrous.. Inflorescences with 1–3 flowers; pedicels 3–4 cm. long; flower buds ovoid to conical-ovoid.. Flowers campanulate.. Sepals with sharply recurved tips, about 3.5 cm. long, greenish yellow.
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A woody vine or low bush. The flowers are yellowish-green.
A climber
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention
Sexuality -
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 2.5 - 4.0
Mature height (meter) 8.0 - 12.0
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests and up to 1,200 m above sea level.
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In low bush and forest margins, in forest regions.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 4-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

CAUTION: Most Clematis contain an irritant poison.
Uses invertebrate food medicinal poison
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Clematis grandiflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Yemen

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:709737-1
WFO ID wfo-0000609999
COL ID VY2Q
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Clematis pseudograndiflora Clematis chlorantha Clematis grandiflora