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Cyphostemma cyphopetalum

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Fresenius) Descoings ex Wild & R.B. Drummond

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Burundi
• Chad
• Central African Republic
• Congo
• Eritraea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Rwanda
• Sudan
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zaire
• Zambia

Natural Habitats

• Wooded grassland
• shrubland
• riverside

Flowering Times

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

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Feb
• Mar
• May
• Jun
• Oct
• Nov
• Dec

Axillary cymes 125mm across of 4mm long creamy-green to yellow flowers, pwith red-purple pubescence, pubescent calyx 1mm across, pubescent corolla 4mm long, 4 petals tendrils, densely pubescent red fruit 10mm x 5mm, herbaceous pubescent tuberous-rooted tendril climber with angular striate stems, entirely covered in rigid white pubescence, 3-5 leaflets, terminal leaflet 75mm x 32mm, grey-downy both surfaces

Poisonous

Further References

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