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pareira brava, velvetleaf

Leaves

blade 6-12 × 7-14 cm, membranous to nearly leathery;

venation 7.

Pistillate flowers

sepals obovate, 1.2-1.4 × 0.8-1 mm;

petals 4-angulate to deltate, 0.4-0.8 × 1-1.6 mm;

ovary to 0.8 mm.

Drupes

not seen.

Vines

, from thickened root.

Staminate

inflorescences not seen.

Pistillate

inflorescences to 13 cm;

bracts sessile or shortly petiolate, usually reniform, to 5 × 6 mm, grading to minute, membranous, glabrous to densely pilose.

Cissampelos pareira

Phenology Flowering summer–winter.
Habitat Hammocks and residential areas
Elevation 0-10 m (0-0 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
FL; Central America; South America; West Indies; Asia; Africa; Pacific Islands
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Discussion

Only seven collections of Cissampelos pareira have been seen for North America, all from Dade County, Florida. It is odd that all of them had pistillate flowers. No fruiting material was observed. If staminate plants are present, they are yet to be collected.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 3.
Parent taxa Menispermaceae > Cissampelos
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 1031. (1753)
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