Cissus trifoliata (L.) L.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Vitaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - A very fleshy vine up to 5 m. long, glabrous throughout. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to obovate or suborbicular, 1-3 cm. long, sharply toothed above the middle, narrowed or cuneate at the base; flowers in compound cymes; berries globose to ovoid, dark purple, apiculate, 5-7 mm. in diameter, the fruiting pedicels recurved; seeds obovoid.
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Distribution
Rocky plains and scrub-lands, Long Island. Acklin's. East Caicos and Little Inagua : Florida ; Jamaica; Cuba to Virgin Gorda and St. Croix; recorded south to Martinique and from northern South America. Thick-leaved Cissus.
Long Island Bahamas South America| Acklins Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Florida United States of America North America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| Virgin Gorda Virgin Islands South America| Saint Croix Virgin Islands of the United States South America| Martinique South America|