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| Family : VITACEAE |
| Protologue : Mant. Pl. 39 (1767); Syst. Nat., ed. 12 2: 124 (1767) |
| Information on the genus : Cissus |
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Status
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| Status for MA : | accepted (naturalised) |
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| Status for NA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for SA : | accepted (present) |
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cissus quadrangularis L. var. quadrangularis |
| Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Saelanthus quadragonus Forssk. |
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| Taxon infra-specific |
| Cissus quadrangularis L. var. quadrangularis |
| Cissus quadrangularis var. pubescens Dewit (1959) |
| Cissus quadrangularis var. acuteangula Verdc. (1993) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Succulent liane 0,9-15 m long or somewhat shrubby, frequently leafless, forming dense masses; root-tubers present; stems branched, 4-angled, square in cross section, 0,5-1,5 cm wide, the 4 angles prominent, narrow, often reddish,[…] |
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see more in the book |
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| Ecology : |
Scrub; thicket; Acacia woodland; grassland with scattered Combretum, etc.; termite mounds; riverine thicket; coastal forest edges; sandy banks of rivers; outwash gully in dense mixed thicket; bushland of Cordia monoica, etc. […] |
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(0-)150-300-2250 m alt. In Africa sometimes grown near villages and also for stabilizing sand dunes. Cultivated as a greenhouse succulent and even as a house plant. […] |
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S. Africa; SE Egypt; Yemen, Oman, SW Saudi Arabia; India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, Philippines. |
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| Biol./Eco : |
Shrub, Liana; distribution: Africa. Comoros, |
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Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
- Boudet G. & J.P. Lebrun (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. Etudes et Synthèses IEMVT 16
- Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:184, 207, 352 (2012)
- Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and South Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
- César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
Bibliography for North Africa :
- Syst. Nat., ed. 12 2: 124 (1767).
- Fl. Egypt (Boulos) 2: 87 (2000).
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under The International Plant Name Index |
| see under Catalogue de Madagascar |
| see under Flora of Mozambique |
| see under African Plants - a Photo Guide |
| see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden |
| see under Flora of Zimbabwe |
| see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU |
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| Record n°155541 modified 2009-03-11 |
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