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Cyphostemma abercornense Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Leaves digitately 3–5-foliolate; petiole up to 4 cm. long, tomentose or densely pubescent; leaflet-lamina oblanceolate, apex acute or subobtuse, margin serrate, base cuneate, glabrous above but midrib puberulous, whitish-or brownish-villous or sometimes pilose below, veins reticulate; median leaflets up to 15 × 5 cm.; lateral leaflets up to 9 × 2·5 cm.; petiolules 0–1 cm. long; stipules up to 1·5 × 0·8 cm., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, tomentose or pubescent.
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Cymes leaf-opposed; peduncle up to 4·5 cm. long, tomentose or pubescent; pedicels up to 3 mm. long, pubescent or sparsely pubescent; bracts and bracteoles up to 3 mm. long, pubescent or sparsely pubescent.
Flower-bud up to 2·3 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, slightly constricted near the middle, glabrous or almost so.
Prostrate herb; stems brownish-tomentose to pubescent; tendrils absent.
Ovary glabrous; style 1·5 mm. long; stigma scarcely capitate.
Calyx 0·5 mm. long, subentire, pubescent.
Petals yellowish or reddish.
Fruit (immature) glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Rocky hills.
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Usage

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Edible -
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Cyphostemma abercornense world distribution map, present in Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870167-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634449
COL ID 33G7P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyphostemma abercornense
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