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Cyphostemma ternatum (Cyphostemma ternatum)

Description

Cyphostemma ternatum is a succulent climbing vine up to 2m tall. Leaves alternate, simple and trifoliolate up to 25 cm long x 30 cm across. Leaves are serrated with a petiole up to 5 cm long. Flowers are pale greenish yellow, 2.5-3mm long; arranged opposite the leaves in umbellate cymes. Fruit is an ovoid or globose berry, 13 x 11mm, fleshy and ripens bright red

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Vitales

            • Family: Vitaceae

              • Genus: Cyphostemma