Cissampelos pareira |
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pareira brava, velvetleaf |
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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 |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–winter. |
Habitat | Hammocks and residential areas |
Elevation | 0-10 m (0-0 ft) |
Distribution |
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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