Cissampelos pareiraNot on sheet. [family MENISPERMACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Cissampelos rigidifolia(Engl.) Diels [family MENISPERMACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Cissampelos subreniformis
Cissampelos sp.
Cissampelos caapeba
Cissampelos auriculata
Cissampelos mauritiana
Cissampelos subpeltata
Cissampelos torulosa
Cocculus sp.
Cissampelos limbata
Cyclea merrillii
Cissampelos not on sheet
Cissampelos capeba
Menispermum sp.
Cissampelos pareira
Cissampelos longipes
Cissampelos rigidifolia
Flora
Entry for Cissampelos pareira Linnaeus [family MENISPERMACEAE]
Vines, from thickened root. Leaves with petiole inserted to 2 mm from margin; petiole to 7.4 cm. Leaf blade 6-12 × 7-14 cm, membranous to nearly leathery; venation 7. Staminate inflorescences not seen. Pistillate inflorescences to 13 cm; bracts sessile or shortly petiolate, usually reniform, to 5 × 6 mm, grading to minute, membranous, glabrous to densely pilose. Pistillate flowers: sepals obovate, 1.2-1.4 × 0.8-1 mm; petals 4-angulate to deltate, 0.4-0.8 × 1-1.6 mm; ovary to 0.8 mm. Drupes not seen.
Phenology
Flowering summer-winter
Altitude range
0-10 m
Distribution
West IndiesCentral AmericaSouth AmericaAsiaAfricaUSA Fla.USA Pacific Islands.
Discussion
Only seven collections of Cissampelos pareira have been seen for North America, all from Dade County, Florida. It is odd that all of them had pistillate flowers. No fruiting material was observed. If staminate plants are present, they are yet to be collected.
