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Cissampelos mucronata
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Cleveland Dam
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Leopard Rock Game Reserve, Vumba
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Zona Tea Estates, near Mt Selinda
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| Synonyms: |
Cissampelos macrostachya Klotzsch Cissampelos pareira L. var. mucronata (A. Rich.) Engl. Cissampelos senensis Klotzsch |
| Common names: | Heart-leaved vine (English) Nyakuta (Shona) Ruzambu (Shona) |
| Frequency: | Common |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Liane with a woody rootstock. The leaves are subpeltate, ovate-cordate and covered in greyish indumentum; mucronate at the apex; flowers axillary or in false racemes, sexes separate; fruits green, turning bright red when ripe, held in pubescent leaf-like bracts. |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | mucronata: with a small apical point; mucronate |
| Habitat: | In open habitats: grassland and burnt veld. |
| Altitude range: (metres) | Up to 1800 m |
| Flowering time: | Sep - Oct |
| Worldwide distribution: | Widespread in tropical Africa, Namibia and South Africa as far as KwaZulu-Natal. |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | N,W,C,E,S |
| Growth form: | CL |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects (whose larvae eat this species): | |
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Flora of Mozambique: Cissampelos mucronataAfrican Plant Database: Cissampelos mucronata
Biodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cissampelos mucronata
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Cissampelos mucronata
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cissampelos mucronata
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cissampelos mucronata
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GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cissampelos mucronata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cissampelos mucronata
JSTOR Plant Science: Cissampelos mucronata
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cissampelos mucronata
Tropicos: Cissampelos mucronata
West African Plants database: Cissampelos mucronata
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