CYPHOSTEMMA ORONDO
Author:
Bernard M. Descoings, 1967
Family:
VITACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Desc. (1967). In: Not. Syst., Paris 16: 124 (1960), Et Nat. Monspel., Ser. Bot., Fasc. 18, 228.
Collection number:
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Thickness:
6 Centimetres
Height:
75-150 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Cuttings
CITES:
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.
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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'. A fruit by Soumen Aditya. The thickened stem by Soumen Aditya.
Flower
Yellow / Maroon
Soil
Rich
Water
Medium - Maximum
Sun
Medium
