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

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Cyphostemma

Characteristics

Leaves digitately 3–5-foliolate; petiole up to 4·5 cm. long; indumentum as for stems; leaflet-lamina up to 10 × 7 cm., narrowly elliptic to broadly obovate, apex acute, margins serrate, base cuneate, very sparsely pubescent above, pubescent and glandular at least on the nerves below; petiolule up to 1·5 cm. long; stipules c. 5 mm. long, falcate, lanceolate, pubescent and with a few glands.
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Cymes opposite the leaves, trichotomous, lax; peduncle up to 10 cm. long, indumentum as for stems; pedicels 2–3 mm. long, pubescent and with short capitate-glandular hairs; bracts and bracteoles 1–2 mm. long, lanceolate-subulate, pubescent.
A herb. It can lie along the ground or be a climber. The stems are short and hairy. It has tendrils. The leaves have 3-5 leaflets arranged like fingers on a hand. The leaflets are 10 cm long by 7 cm wide.
Prostrate or climbing herb. Leaves digitately 3-5-foliolate, leaflets usually sessile, sparsely pubescent above, pubescent and glandular at least on nerves below. Flowers dull white.
Flower-bud c. 3 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, constricted near the middle, pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs near the apex.
Prostrate or climbing herb; stems shortly pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs; tendrils present.
Fruit c. 9 × 7 mm., ellipsoid, pubescent and with capitate-glandular hairs.
Ovary glandular-pubescent; style 1·5 mm. long, apex minutely 2-fid.
Calyx 0·5 mm. long, ± entire, densely pubescent.
Seed 1.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

It is a subtropical plant. It grows in dry woodland. It can grow in arid places.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food medicinal
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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 simulans world distribution map, present in Mozambique, eSwatini, South Africa, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:870379-1
WFO ID wfo-0000634724
COL ID 33GGN
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INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cissus simulans Cyphostemma simulans