Cissus quadrangularis

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Cissus quadrangularis in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cissus quadrangularis, Planch. (Vitis quadrangularis, Linn.). An odd succulent with 4-winged sts. much constricted at the nodes, climbing, mostly glabrous, often nearly leafless, looking like a spineless cereus: lvs. varying from ovate and not lobed to cordate or reniform and deeply 3-lobed, the middle part sometimes lobed, the sinuses open and rounded, margins denticulate: fls. in small short-peduncled compound lateral cymes, the calyx 1 line long, the petals 4 and greenish; stamens 4, with short filaments: berries nearly globose, red, 1-seeded, size of pea, acrid. Trop. Afr., Arabia, India, Moluccas.—Sts. said to be eaten by natives in Ceylon. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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