WorldFloraDB - Cyphostemma lovemorei

Characteristics

Leaves digitately 5-foliolate; petiole up to 2 cm. long, glabrous; leaflet-lamina semi-succulent, glaucous, up to 9 × 4 cm., oblong-elliptic to narrowly ovate, apex acute to subacute, margin ± sparsely serrate with acuminate teeth, base cuneate to obtuse, glabrous on both sides; petiolules up to 3 cm. long; stipules c. 7 mm. long, lanceolate-acuminate, ± falcate, glabrous.

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Cymes on side-branches; peduncle up to 4 cm. long, glabrous; pedicels up to 7 mm. long, glabrous; bracts and bracteoles up to 1 mm. long, subulate, glabrous.

Climbing herb; stems glabrous or with a few capitate-glandular hairs near the nodes; tendrils present.

Flower-bud 2–3 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, apex inflated, glabrous.

Ovary glabrous; style c. 2 mm. long, apex scarcely capitate.

Seed 1, c. 7 × 6 mm., ellipsoid-globose, slightly rugose.

Fruit c. 8 × 7 mm., ellipsoid-globose, glabrous.

Calyx 0·5 mm. long, subentire, glabrous.

Petals yellowish-green.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	herb
Growth support	climber
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Sexuality	hermaphrodite
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Usage

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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

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870287-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000634607
COL ID	33GCY
BDTFX ID	-
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Synonyms

Cyphostemma lovemorei

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cyphostemma lovemorei Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species