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Cissus petiolata
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National Botanic Garden, Harare
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Cissus suberosa (Welw. ex Baker) Planch. Vitis suberosa Welw. ex Baker |
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| Status: | Native | |
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Robust climber. Stems quadrangular, developing corky wings when older (photo right); tendrils simple. Leaves simple, broadly ovate to almost circular, up to c. 13 × 13 cm, mostly hairless, apiculate at the apex; cordate at the base; margin obscurely dentate; petiole up to c. 11 cm long. Flowers in terminal and axillary, branched inflorescences, small, yellowish green. Fruit ellipsoid, c. 8 mm in diameter, hairless. | |
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| Derivation of specific name: | petiolata: petiolate, with a (distinct) petiole | |
| Habitat: | In margins of evergreen forest. | |
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| Worldwide distribution: | From West Africa to Ethiopia and South to Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe. | |
| Zimbabwe distribution: | E | |
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| Red data list status: | LR-nt | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
Other sources of information about Cissus petiolata:
Flora of Mozambique: Cissus petiolataBiodiversity Explorer (Biodiversity of southern Africa): Cissus petiolata
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Cissus petiolata
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Cissus petiolata
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Cissus petiolata
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Cissus petiolata
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Cissus petiolata
West African Plants database: Cissus petiolata
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