Swaziland's Flora Database
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Cissus rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl var. rotundifolia (name current July 2011) Bushveld Grape lidlebendlovu nyokane umtsebulo (Cissus rotundifolius) (Cissus rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl) VITACEAE Growth form: Climber Found within protected areas Local abundance: occasional Medicinal Other uses Description (Compton's Flora of Swaziland*): Cissus rotundifolius - Much-branched tendril-climber, almost hairless. Stems and inflorescence axes slender, wide-branching, not succulent. Leaves simple, alternate, usually more or less recurred and folded lengthwise, stalk c 8 mm long, blade fleshy, about circular, c 4 cm long, slightly heart-shaped at base, margin shortly and bluntly toothed. Inflorescences terminal and lateral, up to 15 cm long, widely alternately forking, ending in umbel-like clusters of stalked cream-coloured small flowers. Fruits fleshy, spherical, pink or scarlet, c 1 3 cm diam. * Where species names have changed, these have been matched according to herbarium specimens quoted in this publication. Included in Tree Atlas. |
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