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Cyphostemma paucidentatum

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

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

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Kenya
• Mozambique
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Zimbabwe

Natural Habitats

• Thickets or forest. Roots have medicinal uses

Flowering Times

• Jan
• Apr
• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jan
• Mar
• May
• Aug
• Sep

Fleshy succulent herbaceous tendril climber or creeper, leaves with 5 leaflets, terminal leaflet 75mm x 25mm toothed in upper part both sides glabrous, cymes 75mm across of small deep maroon flowers, calyx 2mm across, corolla to 2mm long, 4 petals, green hairy fruits

Further References

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