Tetrastigma cauliflorum (Tetrastigma cauliflorum)
Description
Lianas,woody.Stem grayish brown,flat.Branchlets slightly flat,with longitudinal ridges,glabrous;tendrils unbranched.Leaves palmately 5-foliolate;petiole 10-15 cm;petiolules 1-4 cm,central petiolule 2-3 × as long as lateral petiolules,glabrous;leaflets oblong,elliptic-lanceolate,or obovate-elliptic,8-18(-22) × 3.5-9 cm,glabrous,lateral veins 6-8 pairs,veinlets raised abaxially,inconspicuous adaxially,base broadly cuneate or subrounded,margin 5-9-toothed on each side,teeth usually large,apex cuspidate.Inflorescence umbelliform or a compound dichasium,cauliflorous,9-11 cm,with nodes and bracts;peduncle 2.5-8 cm,glabrous or pubescent.Pedicel 2-8 mm,pubescent.Buds elliptic or oval,1-3 mm,apex obtuse or rounded.Calyx saucer-shaped,pubescent,teeth inconspicuous.Petals oval,0.8-2.5 mm,apex galeate,papillose.Filaments filiform;anthers yellow,oval.Disk well developed and 4-lobed in male flowers,inconspicuous in female flowers.Pistil in male flower abortive;ovary oval in female flowers;style inconspicuous;stigma 4-lobed.Berry elliptic or ovoid,1.5-2 × 1.2-2 cm,1-4-seeded.Seeds elliptic,flat,base and apex subrounded,ventral holes furrowed from base to apex.Fl.Apr,fr.Jun-Dec.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Vitales
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Family: Vitaceae
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Genus: Tetrastigma
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