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Cyphostemma graniticum (Wild & R.B.Drumm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Leaves digitately 3–9-foliolate; petioles up to 2·5 cm. long, glabrous; leaflet-lamina subsessile, up to 11 × 0·7 cm., linear-lanceolate, apex acuminate, margin sparsely serrate, base narrowly cuneate, teeth glandular, glabrous; stipules up to 1 cm. long, lanceolate to ovate-acuminate, margin glandular-toothed.
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Cymes on axillary branches, lax, trichotomous; peduncle up to 6 cm. long, glabrous; pedicels up to 5 mm. long, with sparse capitate glands; bracts and bracteoles up to 2 mm. long, lanceolate, margins glandular-toothed.
Seed 1, c. 7 × 5 mm., ellipsoid, with dorsal crest and prominently horizontally rugose.
Flower-bud 2–3·5 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, constricted near the middle, glabrous.
Scandent herb; stems up to 1·5 m. long, striate, glabrous; tendrils present.
Ovary glabrous; style c. 1 mm. long apex scarcely capitate.
Calyx pink, up to 1 mm. long, subentire, glabrous.
Fruit red, c. 1·2 × 0·8 cm., ellipsoid, glabrous.
Petals pale yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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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 graniticum world distribution map, present in Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870244-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634551
COL ID 33GB4
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Synonyms

Cissus granitica Cyphostemma graniticum
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