Cissampelos pareira L.
var. hirsuta (Burch. ex DC.) Forman

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Along road West from Khodzue Gorge

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Along road to Mpawe Village,Coutada 12, Cheringoma

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Synonyms:	Cissampelos pareira L. var. orbiculata (DC.) Miq.
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Status:	Native
Description:	Perennial climber or liane with stems woody near the base. Leaves suborbicular or broadly ovate, up to 12 cm long, 3-7-veined from the attachment of the petiole, densely hairy beneath; lamina peltate with petiole 1-4 mm from the base and up to 7 cm long, hairy. Flowers greenish, unisexual arranged in bracteate false racemes up to 10 cm long. Fruit a drupe 4-6 mm wide, hairy, bright red when ripe.
Notes:	The peltate leaves are similar to Stephania abyssinica but the that species does not have bracteate inflorescences or hairy red fruit.
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Habitat:	In forest, deciduous woodland, Coastal scrub, secondary vegetation, on rocky outcrops and often persisting on cleared ground and in plantations.
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Worldwide distribution:	Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and throughout tropical Asia.
Mozambique distribution:	MS,GI
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Insects associated with this species:	Oraesia provocans (Larval foodplant)
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Content last updated:	Sunday 20 May 2018
Literature:	Mapaura, A. & Timberlake, J. (eds) (2004). A checklist of Zimbabwean vascular plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 33 Sabonet, Pretoria and Harare Page 62. Troupin, G. (1960). Menispermaceae Flora Zambesiaca 1(1) Pages 166 - 168. As Cissampelos pareira orbiculata (Includes a picture). Troupin, G. (1962). Monographie des Menispermaceae africaines Mémoires in-8° Nouvelle série XIII-2 Académie royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer Pages 274 - 279. as Cissampelos pareira var. orbiculata (Includes a picture).

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