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Cissus striata

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Ruiz & Pavon

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Chile & Sao Paulo-Brazil
• Bolivia
• Peru
• Uruguay

Natural Habitats

• Woodlands
• forest

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Mar
• Jul
• Sep
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec Summer to early autumn Oct-Nov (Peru)

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Apr

Slender evergreen bifid-tendril vine with reddish shoots. Striated stems. 3-5 palmate leaves to 40mm across with toothed leaflets wine-red beneath. Small green to yellow flowers 2.5mm long in leaf-opposed cymes to 50 flowers. Maroon to black round fruit to 6mm diameter.

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Mobot
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• Bodkin
• FB
• Botanicus
• The Plant List
• Exotica