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Cissus phymatocarpa

Masinde & L. E. Newton

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Meise Botanic Garden

Description

A large climber. It has stout, succulent square stems. Only the young shoots have leaves. The fruit are red when ripe.

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Distribution

It is a tropical plant.

Where It Grows

Africa, Somalia, West Africa,

Notes

It has been confused with or is the same as Cissus quadrangularis.

Synonyms

See Cissus rotundifolia

References (2)

  • Burkill, H. M., 1985, The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5. Kew.
  • Flora Somalia Vol. 1, 1993, http://plants.jstor.org

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