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Cissus cornifolia

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Cissus cornifolia Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Filed as Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Cissus cornifolia Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Isotype of Cissus volkensii Gilg [family VITACEAE]
Type of Cissus lonicerifolius C.A.Sm. [family VITACEAE]
Isosyntype of Cissus lonicerifolius C.A.Sm. [family VITACEAE]
Isosyntype of Cissus lonicerifolius C.A.Sm. [family VITACEAE]
Type of Vitis volkensii Gilg [family VITACEAE]
Filed as Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Syntype of Vitis cornifolia Baker [family VITACEAE]
Type of Cissus lonicerifolia C.A.Sm. [family VITACEAE]
Type of Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Isosyntype of Cissus lonicerifolius C.A.Sm. [family VITACEAE]
Syntype of Cissus lonicerifolia C.A.Sm. [family VITACEAE]
Filed as Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Filed as Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch. [family VITACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Cissus cornifolia (Baker) Planch. [family VITACEAE ] (stored under name); Vitis volkensii Gilg [family VITACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B., 1990
Related name
  • Cissus lonicerifolius
  • Vitis corniflora
  • Vitis cornifolia
  • Cissus cornifolia
  • Vitis volkensii
  • Cissus lonicerifolia
  • Rhoicissus unifoliolata
  • Cissus volkensii
Common name
  • sinkantora (AEK) sintanatora (FRI) (GHANA, DAGAARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • sama oro (B&D) tigba (B&D) tutu (B&D) (IVORY COAST, MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • rììgár bírìì = robe of the monkey (JMD; ZOG) tsúwààwún b (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • furgunhulé (K&B) (IVORY COAST, MANDING-DYULA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • kukugné (K&B) (IVORY COAST, SENUFO-TAGWANA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Cissus cornifolia (Bak.) Planch. [family VITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Cissus cornifolia (Bak.) Planch. [family VITACEAE], l.c. 492 (1887); Gilg & Brandt l.c. 480.
Vitis cornifolia Bak. [family VITACEAE], in F.T.A1: 390 (1868).
Information
Asavannahplant, with a woody base sending up erect or suberect shoots each year after the fires; flowers greenish-yellow, appearing first on leafless shoots; fruits black-purple.
Habitat
savannah
Range
Extends to Abyssinia and S. Africa
Distribution
G.C. Lissa to Lambussie (fr. Mar.) Kitson 814!N.Nig. Nupe Barter 1072! Zaria (Feb., June) Dalz. 420! Keay FHI 25908! Funtua (Dec.) Meikle 825! Bornu (Jan., Feb.) Talbot 1219!

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