Cissus sicyoides L.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Vitaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Cissus sicyoides L.

  • Description

    Species Description - A vine, climbing to a height of 6 m. or more, the foliage pubescent or nearly glabrous. Leaves simple, petioled, ovate or ovate-oblong, 2-8 cm. long, acute or acuminate at the apex, truncate or cordate at the base, serrate, the teeth acute or bristle-tipped, the petioles 1-4 cm. long; tendrils slender, often as long as the leaves; cymes peduncled; berries subglobose, black, 8-10 mm. in diameter; seeds 4-5 mm. long.

  • Distribution

    Rocky coppices and scrub-lands, Andros, New Providence and Eleuthera : Bermuda ; Florida ; the West Indies and continental tropical America. Common Cissus.

    South Andros Bahamas South America| New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|