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Cissus diffusiflora

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Baker) Planchon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Guinea Bissau
• Ivory Coast
• Liberia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire

Natural Habitats

• Gallery forest
• secondary forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Mar
• May
• Sep
• Nov

Herbaceous twining tendril liana with zigzag stems, simple denticulate glabrous leaves 125mm x 45mm, red fruits maturing to blackish-blue to 6mm x6mm, panicles or leaf-opposed cymes of reddish or greenish flowers, reddish-brown calyx 2mm across, corolla 2mm long, 4 red petals

Further References

• Mobot
• Aluka
• Botanicus
• The Plant List
• FOTA