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Cissus intermedia

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

A. Richard

Common Names

• Tamba (Kidoe)
• Depa-vine

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Puerto Rico

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• forest
• coastal

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (Haiti)

Fruiting Times

Prostrate or scandent to 3.3m with glabrous striate stems, simple tendrils. 3 leaflets to 40mm x 10mm with dentate margins. 12-20 flowered cymes, red flowers, 5-lobed calyx, calyx tube to 0.5mm long, 4 petals to 2mm long. Berry 3mm x 2.5mm.

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• SAFIO