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Cissus rotundifolia

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Forsskal) Vahl

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• E. Africa to S. Arabia
• Djibouti
• Ethiopia
• Eritraea Kenya
• Mozambique
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Zimbabwe
• Java - Indonesia

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• shrubland
• mainly coastal.

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Apr
• May
• Jul
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Feb
• Apr
• May
• Jun
• Jul
• Nov
• Dec

Leaf-opposed & terminal cymes or umbels of yellowish, whitish or green flowers to 3.5mm, calyx 2mm across, 4 greenish petals 3mm long, vigorous herbaceous woody tendril twiner, forked tendrils, red-purple 2-celled ovoid fruit 15mm long x 13mm, herbaceous quadrangular stems, serrated lobed undulate-crenate glabrous leaves 75mm x 50mm

Edible fruit, leaves cooked & eaten

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• Botanicus
• Aluka
• The Plant List
• VOPR
• FOTA