| Author: | Bernard M.
Descoings, 1967 |
| Family: |
VITACEAE |
| Origin: |
Burundi,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaïre |
| Soil: |
Rich |
| Water:
|
Medium -
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
6 Centimetres |
| Height: |
75-150 Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Yellow / Maroon |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Cissus
orondo, Ernest Friedrich Gilg & Max Brandt, 1912.
Cyphostemma serpens subsp. serpens., Desc.
Cissus serpens A.Rich.,1847.
Cissus lelyi
Hutch.,1921.
Cyphostemma lelyi, Desc.,1967.
Cissus
sesquipedalis Gilg, 1895.
Cyphostemma
sesquipedale, Desc.,1967.
Cissus schweinfurthii
Planch.,1887.
Cyphostemma schweinfurthii, Desc.,1967. |
This member of the Vitaceae family was given this name by
Bernard M. Descoings in 1967. It is found
in Burundi, Eritrea,
Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaïre, growing in a rich soil with
quite some water and part shadow to full sun. The rather skinny caudex
or slightly swollen stem can grow to six
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 75 to 150 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are yellow and maroon.
The genera name from the Greek
kyphos; 'tumor' or ,'hump' and stemma; 'garland' or
'crown'. The species name means 'plump'. |
