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Cissus obovata

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Vahl

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Bahamas
• Cuba
• Hispaniola
• Puerto Rico
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Lesser Antilles
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Coastal areas
• forest
• montane forest

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jul
• Oct Jun*Nov (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Jul
• Oct Jul (Puerto Rico)

Slightly woody tendril vine, leaf-opposed cymes of red or yellow flowers to 2mm long, green fruit maturing purplish-black to 5mm diameter, trifoliolate galbrous or pubescent leaves, bifid tendrils with terminal discs, succulent mucronate leaflets, plant caustic, 4-sided branches

Further References

• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Botanicus
• SAFIO