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Cissus assamica

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(M.A. Lawson) Craib

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• Borneo
• Cambodia
• Fujian
• Guangdong
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• Xizang
• Yunnan-China
• India
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• New Guinea - Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Vietnam
• Thailand

Natural Habitats

• Riverside trees & shrubs
• montane areas
• rain forest

Flowering Times

• Mar
• Jun
• Jul
• May-Jun (China) Nov-Dec (Vietnam) Jan (New Guinea)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Oct (China) Feb (Vietnam) Mar
• Jun (New Guinea)

Woody tendril liana with bifid tendrils, ferriginou-tomentose branches & inflorescence. Branchlets ridged, glabrescent stems, villous dentate mucronate leaves. Leaf-opposed umbels or corymbs of red or yellow flowers, 4 petals to 2mm, fruit a purple-black berry to 10mm long x 7mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• FOC
• The Plant List 2
• USNH
• F Indochine
• JAA
• IFV