Cissus phymatocarpa
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Where to Find It
It is a tropical plant.
Africa, Somalia, West Africa,
Countries: Angola, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Algeria, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Comoros, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Tanzania, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How to Identify
A large climber. It has stout, succulent square stems. Only the young shoots have leaves. The fruit are red when ripe.
Notes
It has been confused with or is the same as Cissus quadrangularis.
Names & 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
