Cyphostemma cirrhosum (Thunb.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Climber. Stems with fine multicellular hairs. Leaves petiolate; blade 5-foliolate, obovate, terminal leaflet up to 50 x 28 mm long, margins unevenly dentate; petioles < 30 mm long. Flowers in terminal much-branched panicles. Flowering time Dec., Jan. Fruit globose, 8-10 mm long, with multicellular hairs.
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Scrambling shrub or canopy climber. Leaves digitately 5-foliolate, leaflets sessile, margins broadly dentate, succulent. Flowers dull yellow. Fruits subglobose, ± 10 mm diam.
A scrambling shrub or climber. The leaves have 5 lobes. The edges have broad teeth. The flowers are dull yellow. The fruit are a flattened round shape and 1 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a subtropical or Mediterranean climate plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible fruits roots
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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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Images

Cyphostemma cirrhosum unspecified picture

Distribution

Cyphostemma cirrhosum world distribution map, present in Malawi, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870197-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634490
COL ID 33G93
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Synonyms

Cyphostemma cirrhosum Cissus cirrhosa Vitis cirrhosa Cyphostemma cirrhosum subsp. cirrhosum

Lower taxons

Cyphostemma cirrhosum subsp. transvaalense