Isotype of Vitis succulentaGalpin [family VITACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Cissus cactiformisGilg [family VITACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
Cissus quadrangularis
Vitis succulenta
Cissus cactiformis
Cissus succulenta
Flora
Entry for CISSUS cactiformis Gilg [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]
Succulent robust climber, up to 5 m long; stems grey-green or green, 4-angled with winged usually crinkly edges, constricted at the nodes, glabrous, the internodes (5–)10–17 x 1.5–7(–8) cm; tendrils 15–40 cm long, simple. Leaves glabrous, only present in young shoots; petiole 1–10 mm long; blade palmately lobed, up to 2 x 3.7 cm. Flowers in much-branched glabrous 3–10(–15) cm long inflorescences; peduncle 1–3.5 cm long; pedicels c. 3–7 mm long. Calyx 1–1.5 mm in diam., glabrous. Petals yellowish-green often flushed purplish, 2–2.5 mm long, glabrous. Fruits subglobose to ellipsoid, 9–14 x 6–10 mm, red or purple when ripe. Seed ovoid, c. 8 x 6 mm, smooth.
