Cyphostemma hereroense (Schinz) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Succulent, procumbent herb. Leaves pubescent; blade digitately 3-6-foliolate, sessile; blades of leaflets folded or rolled in, narrowly obovate to very narrowly elliptic, ± 100 x 17 mm, base narrowly cuneate, margins coarsely serrate. Flowers: corolla greenish yellow or yellow with reddish brown tips; Dec.-Feb. Fruit subglobose, puberulous, orange when ripe.
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A succulent herb. It lies along the ground. The leaves are folded and hairy. They have 3-6 leaflets. The leaves are 10 cm long by 1.7 cm wide. There are teeth along the edge. The base is wedge shaped. The flowers are greenish yellow. The fruit is a flattened round shape and hairy. It is orange when ripe.
Succulent prostrate herb. Leaves folded, hairy, digi-tately 3-6-foliolate, sessile, leaflet lamina oblanceo-late-lorate to very narrowly elliptic, 100 x 17 mm, margin coarsely serrate, base narrowly cuneate. Fruit subglobose, puberulous. Flowers greenish yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a subtropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity 1-3
Soil texture 5-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten as a snack.
Uses food 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
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cyphostemma hereroense world distribution map, present in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870249-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634558
COL ID 33GBB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cissus hereroensis Cyphostemma hereroense