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Cissampelos tropaeolifolia

Botanic Family
Menispermaceae
Author
de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

Fruiting Times

Twiner to 10m with striate pilose stems with white hairs becoming glabrate. Mucronate silky white pubescent or glabrate leaves to 150mm x 120mm. Male inflorescence a many-flowered axillary raceme or cymose panicle to 150mm long, flowers yellowish-green or dark purple, mucronate green bracts to 16mm x 20mm with pilose bracteoles to 0.5mm, 6-12 flowers, 4 sepals to 2.4mm x 1.3mm, glabrous corolla to 1.4mm wide x 0.8mm. Pistillate inflorescence an axillary fascicle with mucronate bracts to 25mm x 30mm, flowers with 1 sepals to 1.6mm x 1.1mm & 1 glabrous petal to 0.9mm x 1.1mm. Orange-red pilose drupes with striped margins to 7mm x 5mm with persistent bracts.

Medicinal, social, food

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