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Cissus integrifolia

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Baker) Planchon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Congo(DR)
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Bushland
• riverside

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Sep-Dec (Mozambique)

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Mar
• May

Climbing tendril shrub, leaf-opposed greenish-cream flowers to 1.5mm long in lateral cymes, calyx 2mm across, 4 petals to 3mm, large woody climber with bifid tendrils, glabrous green 2-celled fruit ripening bright red 20mm x 12mm, twiner, succulent stem, glabrous leaves 75mm x 50mm

Further References

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