Cissus repens Lam., Encycl. 1: 31 1783. (Syn: Cissus cordata Roxb.; Cissus glaucoramea Planch.; Cissus purpurea Roxb. ex Steud.; Cissus vesicatoria Blanco; Vitis cordata Wall. (ambiguous synonym); Vitis glauca (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. (Unresolved); Vitis kleinii Wall.; Vitis latifolia Lam. ex Steud. (ambiguous synonym); Vitis metziana Miq.; Vitis repens (Lam.) Wight & Arn. (ambiguous synonym));
Bhutan, India (Darjeeling, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya,
Orissa, Goa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Bangladesh, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Bago, Magway, Mandalay), China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan), Philippines (Luzon, Balabac, Ticao, Panay, Negros, Mindanao), Palawan, Laos, Vietnam, Sumatra, Nepal, peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Australia (Queensland), Java, Christmas Isl. (Austr.), Andaman Isl. (North Andaman Isl., Middle Andaman Isl., South Andaman Isl., Little Andaman Isl.), Nicobar Isl. (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobar Isl., Central Nicobar Isl., Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.), New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Isl.) as per Catalogue of Life; Creepers; stem glaucous, terete. Leaves 10-16 x 6-11 cm, ovate, acuminate, deeply cordate at base, 5 nerved from base, midrib with 3 pairs of lateral nerves; petiole 4-7 cm long. Cymes 5-7 cm across, glabrous; peduncle 6 cm long; junctions with orbicular bracts; pedicels 5-8 together, 1 cm long. Flowers many; calyx obtusely lobed, ciliate; petals 1.5 mm long, reddish, disk glabrous. Drupe 4 x 3 mm, oblique-obovoid, smooth
Flowering and fruiting: November-December
All types of forests
Indo-Malesia
(From India Biodiversity Portal)
Please id this Vitaceae climber.
Can it be Ampelopsis cordata ?? Kindly validate For me this looks more like Cissus repens Lam. Forwarding again for validation as Cissus repens Lam. or otherwise pl. I will go with Cissus repens.
Cissus javana DC SN Sep 20 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Cissus javana DC (= Cissus discolor Blume), wild climber from Agumbe area of Karnataka
Beautiful. For me the ID is correct (http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cissus+javana). I have also seen this plant in Agumbe area. Nevertheless, many photographs of different types of leaves of this species are posted in the web (including flowersofindia.net). I wish to know how many varieties this species has? To me looks different from images at Cissus javana DC.
Appears more close to images at Cissus repanda Vahl
Cissus repens in FOI : 2 posts by 2 authors.
Images of Kasim ji at Cissus repens in FOI look different from Cissus repens as per Factsheet Asian Plants GBIF
I think it is Cissus arnottiana B.V.Shetty & Par.Singh as per images, details and references herein. Thanks …, Yes, the base of the leaves looks very different from the leaves seen in the images on the web. I have removed it from the site for the time being.
I still have doubts of current images (Images of Kasim ji at Cissus repens in FOI) being of Cissus repens
Pl. see comparative images at Cissus
References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List GRIN Flowers of India Factsheet FRLHT Asian Plants GBIF Annotated checklist of the flowering plants of Nepal Flora of China Wikipedia India Biodiversity Portal Biodiversity In India, Volume 4 edited by T. Pullaiah (Description)
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