Cyphostemma flavicans (Baker) Desc.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. It has a stout rootstock and puts up annual stems. The stems grow 1 m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the savannah in West Africa.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food gene source medicinal
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cyphostemma flavicans world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Nigeria, and Togo

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870231-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634536
COL ID 6C94X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cissus flavicans Cyphostemma flavicans Vitis flavicans Cyphostemma chevalieri Cissus chevalieri Cissus dahomensis