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Cyphostemma cirrhosum

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Name

Identification
Cyphostemma cirrhosum (Thunb.) Desc. Ex Wil & R.B.Drumm. [family VITACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Cyphostemma cirrhosum Thunb. Descoings [family VITACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 2, Part 2, page 439, (1966) Author: H. Wild and R. B. Drummond
Names
Cyphostemma cirrhosum Thunb. Descoings [family VITACEAE], in Notul. Syst. 16: 120 (1960). Type from Cape Province.
Vitis cirrhosa Thunb. [family VITACEAE], Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 44 (1794). Type as above.
Cissus cirrhosa Thunb. Willd. [family VITACEAE], in L., Sp. Pl. ed. 4, 1: 657 (1798). — Harv. in Harv. & Sond., F.C. 1: 252 (1860) excl. var. ? glabra — Planch. in A. & C. DC., Mon. Phan. 5, 2: 603 (1887). — Gilg & Brandt in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 46: 524 (1912). — Suesseng. in Engl. & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2, 20d: 251 (1953). Type as above.
Information
Climbing herb; stems pubescent, or in one subspecies with capitate-glandular hairs also; tendrils present. Leaves 3–5-foliolate; petiole up to 5(8) cm. long, indumentum as for stems; leaflet-lamina up to c. 13 × 7·5 cm., ovate, broadly elliptic or elliptic, apex rounded or acute, margin serrate or crenate-serrate, base cuneate or rounded, ± pubescent on both sides; petiolules 0–3 cm. long; stipules up to c. 1 cm. long, lanceolate or ovate, falcate, pubescent. Cymes on short side-branches, lax, di- or trichotomous; peduncle up to c. 9 cm. long, pubescent; pedicels c. 3 mm. long, pubescent. Flower-bud 2–3 mm. long, oblong-cylindric, constricted near the middle, ± densely pubescent. Calyx 0·5 mm. long, pubescent. Ovary pubescent; style 1·5–2 mm. long, apex minutely bifurcate. Fruit up to c. 9 × 7 mm., ellipsoid, pubescent. Seed 1, c. 8 × 6 mm., obovoid, slightly rugose.Cape Province, Natal, Transvaal, SW. Africa, Bechuanaland Prot., S. Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

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