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Cissus verticillata ssp. colombiana

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Lombardi

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, with cultivar

Offspring

Cissus sicyoides 'Albonitens' (C. albonitens)

Common Names

• Season Vine
• Princess Vine
• Picamano (Honduras)
• Bejuco Loco (Mexico)
• Bejuco de Caro
• Lambrali
• Pinna Koop
• Puddin Vine
• Corde Quaté (Dominica)
• Pudding Withe (Jamaica)
• Snake Withe (Jamaica)
• Liane Molle (Haiti)
• Caro (Dominican Republic). Iasú (Costa Rica)
• Comemano
• Snake Vine
• Snake Bitters
• Snake Tongue (Creole)

Geographical Habitats

• Panama
• Colombia

Natural Habitats

• Dry hill
• coastal
• dry forest

Flowering Times

• Aug
• Oct
• Dec

Fruiting Times

• Dec

Bifid tendril vine, glabrous stems. Glabrous leaves to 62mm x 71mm. Glabrous few-flowered inflorescence, greenish to sometimes reddish flowers, calyx to 1mm x 1.5mm, corolla to 2mm x 1.5mm. Pedicels of flowers red. Spherical fruit 4mm diameter.

Sap produces blisters of skin.

Crushed leaves produce suds, stems used for string & weaving, medicinal uses, edible berries

Further References

• Mobot
• Novon