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Cyphostemma puberulum (C.A.Sm.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Leaves 3–5-foliolate; petiole up to 1(4) cm. long, grey-pubescent; leaflet-lamina slightly fleshy, up to 8 × 2·3(4·5) cm., narrowly elliptic to obovate, apex obtuse or acute, margin serrate-crenate, base cuneate, puberulous or glabrescent above, densely pubescent below, petiolules 0–2 mm. long (up to 1 cm. on central leaflet); stipules c. 5 mm. long, lanceolate-or ovate-falcate, densely pubescent outside.
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Inflorescence on short side-branches or leaf-opposed, trichotomous, lax; peduncle up to 7 cm. long, densely pubescent; pedicels up to c. 2 mm. long, pubescent and with short capitate-glandular hairs; bracts and bracteoles 1–2 mm. long, subulate, pubescent.
Herbaceous climber. Stems and leaves grey-pubescent. Leaves 3-5-foliolate, leaflets slightly fleshy, narrowly elliptic to obovate, 80 x 23(-45) mm, petiolules up to 10 mm long. Flowers yellow.
Flower-bud up to 3 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, ± constricted near the middle, densely pubescent.
Seed 1, c. 7 × 5 mm., subglobose, with a dorsal keel, tuberculate-rugose.
Climbing herb; stems shortly grey-pubescent; tendrils present.
Ovary pubescent; style up to 2 mm. long, apex subcapitate.
Fruit c. 8 × 6 mm., subglobose, pubescent.
Calyx 0·5 mm. long, subentire, pubescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870345-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634679
COL ID 33GFC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cyphostemma puberulum Cissus puberulus
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