WorldFloraDB - Cyphostemma quinatum

Characteristics

Climbing herb; stems glabrous or with a few scattered hairs; tendrils present. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petiole 2(4) cm long, sparsely pubescent or glabrous; leaflet-lamina subfleshy, up to 5(8) x 2.4(5) cm., broadly elliptic to obovate, apex acute or obtuse, margin coarsely serrate, base cuneate, glabrous on both sides or very sparsely puberulous on the midrib; petiolules c. 2(5) mm long, glabrous or pubescent and often with one or two glandular hairs; stipules c. 7 mm long, ovate-falcate, glabrous but with glandular margins. Cymes on short side-branches, lax, trichotomous; peduncle up to 5(6) cm long, glabrous; pedicels up to 4 cm long, glabrous; bracts and bracteoles c. 1 mm long, subulate, glabrous. Flower-bud c. 3 mm long, oblong-cylindric, ± constricted near the middle, glabrous. Calyx 0.5 mm long, entire, glabrous. Ovary glabrous; style 1.5 mm long, apex minutely 2-fid. Fruit c. 10 x 7.5 mm, ellipsoid, glabrous. Seed 1, c. 8 x 7 mm, with a dorsal keel and slightly rugose.

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Perennial herb, succulent. Stems scrambling or erect. Leaves petiolate; 5-foliolate; blade with terminal leaflet up to 75 x 55 mm long, leaflets with a few, large teeth along margins; petioles up to 30 mm long. Flowers at apices of short branches. Petals yellow. Flowering time Nov.-Feb. Fruit ovoid, up to 14 mm long, glabrous.

A herb or vine. It has bulb like roots. The stems are twining and die back in winter. The flowers are creamy-yellow. The fruit are red berries. They are edible.

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

It is a subtropical or Mediterranean climate plant.

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Edible	fruits
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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:870347-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000634681
COL ID	6C957
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Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cyphostemma quinatum Vitis cradockensis Cissus quinata Cissus cirrhosa var. glabra

WorldFloraDB 2024

Cyphostemma quinatum (Dryand.) Desc. ex Wild & R.B.Drumm.

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