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Kidney Leaf

Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. & Sond.

Derivation of specific name

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torulosa: with small swellings.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123690
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Mark Hyde
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Bart Wursten
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Petra Ballings
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Description

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Slender climber with a woody rootstock. Leaves kidney-shaped, 3-5-veined from the base, glabrescent; petiole inserted at or very near the base of the leaf lamina. Flowers unisexual in axillary cymes. Male flowers with 4 petals and sepals; female flowers often only 2. Fruit an ovate-compressed drupe, yellow.
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123690
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Frequency

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Locally frequent
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Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
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Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123690
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
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Flora of Zimbabwe

Worldwide distribution

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Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland and Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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cc-by-nc
copyright
Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
bibliographic citation
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Cissampelos torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=123690
author
Mark Hyde
author
Bart Wursten
author
Petra Ballings
original
visit source
partner site
Flora of Zimbabwe