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Cissus quadrangularis
Cissus quadrangularis
- Botanic Family
- Vitaceae
- Author
- Linnaeus
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- E. India
- Angola
- Banglasdesh
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Djibouti
- Eritraea
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- India
- Java - Indonesia
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Somalia
- Natal
- Northern Provinces
- Transvaal - South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zaire
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Natural Habitats
- Coastal
- hedges
- shrubland
- forest
- savanna
- xerophytic fores
- hedgerows
Flowering Times
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jul
- Aug
- Dec Summer May-Jun (India) Jul (India)
Fruiting Times
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Oct
- Dec May-Jun (India)
Climbing woody succulent deciduous glabrous simple-tendril vine to 1.5m with 4-angled stems & few leaves. 3-lobed glabrous crenate-serrate leaves to 50mm+ wide. Axillary paniculate or umbellate cymes or small umbels of small green or yellow flowers, calyx 2mm across, 4 greenish petals, 6mm diameter fruit red-black, serrated 3-lobed leaves, tuberous root
Further References
- Menninger 1970
- Bailey 1976
- Beckett 1990
- Huxley 1992
- RHS A-Z
- FCP
- Bodkin
- Adansonia
- Fmoz
- Botanicus
- Mobot
- The Plant List 2
- MPSL
- J.S. Gamble
- BF
- USNH
- Botanicus
- FOTA
- Exotica
- Tanziman Ara
- IFV