Cissus cucumerifolia
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Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Slopes of Mt Bunga, northwestern Gorongosa National Park
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus macrantha Wederm. |
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| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Vigorous liane with 4-5-angled stems more or less densely covered with white pubescence. Tendrils 2-fid. Leaves simple very broadly ovate in outline, up to 15 × 16 cm, 3-lobed; base cordate; margin finely toothed; petiole up to 15 cm long. Inflorescences leaf-opposed and terminal. Calyx c. 1.5 mm, densely pubescent when young. Fruit 17 × 10 mm when dry, hairless. |
| Type location: |
Malawi |
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| Habitat: | In riverine forest |
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| Worldwide distribution: | Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique. |
| FZ divisions: | N,MS |
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| Endemic status: | |
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| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 4 January 2018 |
| Literature: |
Strugnell, A.M. (2006). A Checklist of the Spermatophytes of Mount Mulanje, Malawi Scripta Botanica Belgica 34 National Botanic Garden of Belgium Page 185. Wild, H, Drummond, R.B. & Gonçalves, M.L. (1969). 50. Vitaceae Flora de Moçambique Junta de Investigaçoes de Ultramar, Centro de Botanica Pages 20 - 21. Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 452. |
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