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Cissus petiolata

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Hooker f.

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Angola
• Burundi
• Cameroon
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Ethiopia
• Gabon
• Guinea
• Ivory Coast
• Malawai
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• Sierra Leone
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Dry semi-deciduous fores
• forest edges. Seeds cooked & eaten

Flowering Times

• Feb
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Aug
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Nov

Large vigorous glabrous simple-tendril vine, woody stems somewhat quadrangular with corky wings to 9mm, glabrous leaves 100mm x 100mm, glabrous purplish fruits 20mm diameter, terminal & axillary cymes of greenish-white flowers to 2mm, calyx to 1.5mm across, corolla to 2mm long, 4 petals

Further References

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