Cissus

  • Authority

    Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

  • Family

    Vitaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cissus

  • Description

    Genus Description - Vines; stems often fleshy, with leaf-opposed tendrils. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate, petiolate, entire or toothed at margins; stipules deciduous. Flowers 4-merous, usually bisexual, actinomorphic, in umbelliform clusters in compound cymes opposite to a leaf; calyx bell-shaped, 4-toothed; corolla of distinct petals that spread or reflex at anthesis; stamens alternating with the petals; nectary disk cupshaped, entire or 4-lobed; ovary 2-locular, the style elongate, stout. Berry globose, ovoid, or depressed-globose, juicy, blue to black at maturity.

  • Distribution

    A pantropical genus of about 350 species.

    Saint John Virgin Islands of the United States South America|