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Cissampelos rigidifolia

Botanic Family
Menispermaceae
Author
(Engler) Diels

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Fruiting Times

Twiner with striate puberulent or pilose stems. Mucronate leaves to 75mm x 75mm, glabrous to puberulent above & pilose beneath. Pale yellow-green flowers. Staminate axillary many-flowered fasciculate dichasia to 280mm long with mucronate bracts to 5mm x 5mm & bracteoles 1mm long. Staminate flowers with 4 sepals to 1.5mm x 0.7mm & corolla to 0.8mm diameter. Pistillate fascicles of 5-7 flowers with mucronate bracts to 15mm x 16mm. Pistillate flowers with 1 sepal to 1.5mm x 0.8mm & 1 or rarely 2 petals to 0.6mm x 0.7mm, Pilose drupe to 5mm x 4mm.

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