Cissus guerkeana
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Habit
Kalahari woodland
Kunamakuni area, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Habit
Kalahari woodland
Kunamakuni area, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Habit with tuberous roots
Kalahari woodland
Kunamakuni area, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Inflorescence
Kalahari woodland
Kunamakuni area, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
Flowers
Kalahari woodland
Kunamakuni area, Sioma District
Dec 2023
Photo: Nick Wightman
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| Synonyms: |
Cissus prostrata De Wild. & T.Durand Vitis guerkeana Büttner Vitis nana Baill. |
| Common names: | |
| Frequency: | Local |
| Status: | Native |
| Description: |
Erect herb to 30 cm. tall; stems annual from a tuberous rootstock; tubers up to 9 × 3 cm., yellowish; stems and branches glabrous or with a few scattered hairs, cylindric, longitudinally ribbed, internodes 1 to 3·5 cm. long, often zig-zag; tendrils absent. Leaves simple; petiole up to 1 mm. long, glabrous; leaf-lamina 3.5–6 × 0.5–1.5 cm, very narrowly elliptic to elliptic, margin distantly dentate, glabrous or sometimes with sparse hairs along midrib beneath. Cymes leaf-opposed, of few-flowered congested umbels. Flower-bud 1.25 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 0.75 mm long. Fruit red, 7 × 4 mm. Seed 1, 5 × 3.5 mm, smooth. |
| Type location: |
DRC |
| Notes: | |
| Derivation of specific name: | |
| Habitat: | Cryptosepalum and Kalahari woodland on Kalahari Sand |
| Altitude range: (metres) | |
| Flowering time: | Nov - Dec |
| Worldwide distribution: | DRC, Angola and Zambia |
| FZ divisions: | B |
| Zambian distribution (Provinces): | W |
| Growth form(s): | Perennial. |
| Endemic status: | |
| Red data list status: | |
| Insects associated with this species: | |
| Spot characters: | Display spot characters for this species |
| Images last updated: | Thursday 21 March 2024 |
| Literature: |
Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Page 455. |
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