Cissus hexangularis
Thorel ex Planch
VitaceaeFruit
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Fruit
The fruit are edible.
Where to Find It
A tropical plant. It grows in riverside forests between 100-400 m above sea level in southern China.
Asia, Cambodia, China, Indochina, SE Asia, Thailand, Vietnam,
Countries: United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Brunei, Bhutan, China, Georgia, Indonesia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Mongolia, Maldives, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Syria, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Taiwan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
How to Identify
A woody creeper or vine. The branches have 6 wings and ridges along them. The tendrils are not branched. The leaves are simple and oval or triangle shape 6-10 cm long by 4-8 cm wide. The fruit are round berries about 1 cm across. There are 1 or 2 seeds.
Production
In China plants flower in September to November and fruit December to February.
Notes
There are about 200-350 Cissus species. There are about 75 species in tropical America.
References (1)
- Altschul, S.V.R., 1973, Drugs and Foods from Little-known Plants. Notes in Harvard University Herbaria. Harvard Univ. Press. Massachusetts. no. 2670
