Cissus sicyoides

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Scientific Names

Read about Cissus sicyoides in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cissus sicyoides, Linn. Tall, tendril-climbing, pubescent, the branches terete or compressed, tuberculate or smooth, striate: lvs. ovate or oblong, often cordate at base, margin more or less serrate with bristle-tipped teeth or even cut, thickish, green: infl. corymb-like, opposite the lvs., the fls. small, and varying from greenish to white and purplish: fr. an obovoid, 1-seeded black berry. Very widely distributed in Trop. Amer., and exceedingly variable, and extending into Fla. The C. argentea of horticulturists is var. ovata, Baker, which has glabrous ovate or ovate-oblong remotely serrate and somewhat glaucous lvs. Called "season vine" in tropics. It is probable that some of the plants listed as Cissus belong to other genera, and some of the trade names are unidentifiable botanically.—C. albo-nitens, Hort. Lvs. oblong-acuminate, more or less cordate at base, silvery white and shining over the upper surface. Brazil. Warmhouse climber.—C. amazonica, Lind. Lvs. glabrous and glaucous, oval-acuminate and narrower, reddish beneath and silvery veined above. Brazil. Warmhouse climber. —C. Davidiana, Carr., is a Vitis (which see).—C. Lindeni, Andre (I.H. 17:2), has large ovate-cordate silver-blotched lvs.: a glabrous climbing shrub, with terete branches. Colombia.—C. porphyrophylla, Lindl., is a Piper.—C. Veitchii, Hort., is Parthenocissus. L. H. B. CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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