Cyphostemma montanum Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Climbing herb to 1.2 m. tall; stems with ± sparse ± straggling adpressed hairs and a few to many red gland-tipped hairs or, in F.Z. area, ± densely pale ferruginous tangled pubescent; tendrils present.. Leaves 3–5-foliolate; leaflets sessile or subsessile, elliptic to obovate, 2–8.5 cm. long, 1–5.5 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, regularly serrate, ± glabrous above, puberulous or pubescent on main nerves beneath and with some gland-tipped hairs on the midrib towards the base; petiole 1–5 cm. long, with same indumentum as the stems; stipules lanceolate, 4–9 mm. long, ± falcate, acuminate, pubescent.. Cymes ± compact, 5–7.5 cm. wide; peduncle 2–8 cm. long, with indumentum similar to stems; pedicels 1–2 mm. long (to 5 mm. in pole flower), ferruginous pubescent but without glands (? always); bracts and bracteoles linear, 1–4 mm. long, pubescent.. Buds oblong-cylindrical, 2–2.5 mm. long, glabrous or puberulous at petal margins.. Calyx 1 mm. wide, pubescent.. Petals greenish yellow or cream.. Fruit ellipsoid or globose, 7 mm. long, 5 mm. wide, glabrous.. Seed ellipsoid, 6–6.5 mm. long, 5–5.5 mm. wide; ventral ridge low and broad with several very obscure to fairly evident side ridges; dorsal mid-ridge evident for apical 2/3, laterals narrow distinct ridges with few obtuse tubercles between.
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Leaves digitately 3–5-foliolate; petiole up to 5 cm. long, indumentum as for stems; leaflet-lamina up to 7 × 4·5 cm., sessile or sub-sessile, elliptic to obovate, apex acuminate, margin crenate-serrate, base cuneate, glabrous above, sparsely pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs on the nerves below; stipules c. 7 mm. long, lanceolate-acuminate, ± falcate, pubescent.
Cymes on axillary branches; peduncle up to 8 cm. long, pubescent and often with some capitate-glandular hairs; pedicels up to 2 mm. long, pubescent or puberulous; bracts and bracteoles 1–2 mm. long, filamentous, pubescent.
Flower-bud up to 2 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, constricted near the middle, slightly pubescent at the petal margins.
Scandent or climbing herb; stems sparsely pubescent and with a few capitate-glandular hairs; tendrils present.
Seed 1, c. 6 × 5 mm., ellipsoid, with a dorsal and two lateral crests, rugose.
Ovary glabrous; style c. 1·2 mm. long, apex minutely 2-fid.
Calyx 0·5 mm. long, subentire, puberulous.
Fruit c. 7 × 5 mm., ellipsoid, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.2
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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

Cyphostemma montanum world distribution map, present in Tanzania, United Republic of and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870310-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634635
COL ID 33GDY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyphostemma montanum