Tetrastigma obtectum Planch. ex Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Vitales > Vitaceae > Tetrastigma

Characteristics

Lianas, semiwoody. Branchlets terete, with longitudinal ridges; tendrils digitately 4-7-branched. Leaves palmately 5-foliolate; stipules brown, oval, membranous, usually persistent; petiole 1-4 cm; petiolules very short or leaflets sessile; leaflets rhombic-elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 1-4 × 0.5-2 cm, lateral veins 4 or 5 pairs, veinlets inconspicuous on both surfaces, base cuneate, base of lateral leaflets asymmetric, margin with 3-8 teeth or denticles on each side, apex acuminate, acute, or obtuse. Simple umbel or occasionally 3 or 4 umbels forming a cluster, terminal, or pseudoterminal with 1 or 2 leaves on short branches, 1.5-4 cm; peduncle 1-4 cm. Buds elliptic or ovoid-elliptic, 1.5-3 mm, apex subtruncate or subrounded. Calyx shallow and saucer-shaped, margin undulately lobed. Petals elliptic, 1.3-2.7 mm, apex corniculate. Filaments filiform; anthers yellow, oval, abortive in female flowers. Disk conspicuous, 4-lobed, undeveloped in female flowers. Ovary coniform; style short; stigma expanded, irregularly lobed. Berry spheroid, 5-10 mm in diam., 1-seeded. Seed elliptic, base rostrate, apex rounded. Fl. Apr-Jun, fr. Jul-Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality polygamodioecy
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses fodder medicinal
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Distribution

Tetrastigma obtectum world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Nepal, Taiwan, Province of China, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:68482-1
WFO ID wfo-0001146008
COL ID 55TNQ
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Synonyms

Vitis obtecta f. pilosa Tetrastigma potentilla Vitis potentilla Vitis obtecta Tetrastigma obtectum Tetrastigma myanmaricum Tetrastigma obtectum var. pilosum Tetrastigma obtectum var. potentilla Tetrastigma obtectum var. trichocarpum Tetrastigma obtectum var. obtectum Vitis obtecta var. potentilla

Lower taxons

Tetrastigma obtectum var. glabrum