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Cissus quadrangularis

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Name

Identification
Cissus quadrangularis L. [family VITACEAE ]
Related name
  • Cissus quadrangularis
Common name
  • edible stemmed vine (Dalziel)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • as fèl èl fil (JB) (SENEGAL, ARABIC (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ãdiñéo (JB; K&A) induño (JB; K&A) inñu (JB; K&A) kudi ñivo ( (SENEGAL, TUKULOR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • vigne de Bakel (Berhaut, Kerharo & Adam): cissus de Galam, raisin de Galam (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • ãdiñéo (JB; K&A) induño (JB; K&A) inñu (JB; K&A) kudi ñivo (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • siral (auctt.) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • syεďàp (FG&G) (SENEGAL, BEDIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for CISSUS quadrangularis L. [family VITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 2, (1999) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
CISSUS quadrangularis L. [family VITACEAE], (1767). Fig. 108.
Information
Succulent climber up to 4 m long, frequently leafless; stems 4-angled, up to 1.5 cm wide, green with often reddish edges, glabrous to shortly pubescent; internodes 4–7 cm long; old stems woody with greyish bark. Leaves somewhat fleshy; petiole 1–40 mm long; blade ± broadly ovate, 1.5–10 x 1–11 cm, cuneate, rounded or cordate at the base, rounded to acute at the apex, sometimes ± deeply 3–5-lobed, dentate. Flowers in 2–10 cm long inflorescences; peduncle 0.1–3.5 cm long; pedicels 3–8 mm long, up to 12 mm in fruit. Calyx 1 mm long, glabrous. Petals yellowish-green to cream, c. 2.5 mm long, glabrous. Fruits ovoid to ellipsoid, 8–12 x 5–8 mm, reddish, smooth or with slight swellings, glabrous. Seed ellipsoid, compressed, 7–9 x 4–6 mm, with dorsal ridge, otherwise smooth.
Range
N1–3; C1, 2; S1–3 widespread in tropical Africa and Asia.
Altitude range
40–1320 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett 4511, 4713; Friis, Alstrup & Michelsen 4630.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Notes
Fara goi, gamagoya, gaad, mararian, wanowano (Som.). Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr.(1993) recognized three varieties of C. quadrangularis in East Africa, var. quadrangularis with stems and leaves glabrous or almost so and angles of stems smooth or almost so, var. pubescens Dewit (syn. C. fischeri Gilg) with pubescent stems and leaves, and var. aculeatangula Verdc. with angles of stems minutely prickly. Most of the Somali material is var. quadrangularis, but Paoli 974 from S1 has densely hairy young stems, leaves and inflorescences and obviously represents var. pubescens. Also var. aculeatangula may occur in the southern part of the country. C. albiporcata Masinde & L. G. Newton was also reported from Somalia by Verdcourt in Fl. Trop. E. Afr. (1993). This differs from C. quadrangularis by having 8-sided stems with four broad green faces alternating with four much narrower whitish grey faces. No good material of this taxon has been seen by me from Somalia and I prefer to leave it out.

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