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Cissus nodosa

Blume (1823)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Vitales Family: Vitaceae Genus: Cissus

grape ivy, javanese treebine

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Large lianas.

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Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades oblong–ovate, 6–18 cm long, 2.5–7 cm wide. Apex acuminate. Base cuneate, truncate, or rounded. Surfaces glabrous. Margins dentate, with leaf–opposed tendrils; margins with opposed teeth. Palmately veined. Petiolate. Stipules present.

Flowers: Flowers in reddish-purple umbellate cymes. Flowers bisexual (perfect). Calyx indistinctly 4-lobed subtruncate. Corolla of 4 distinct petals, apex hooded, reddish violet, green toward apex, ca. 4 mm long. Stamens 4, opposite the petals; filaments distinct, slender; anthers dithecal, introrse, opening by longitudinal slits. Ovary superior, 2-carpellate, 2-celled, sometimes incompletely so; ovules 2 per cell; style 1; stigma small.

Fruit: Berries globose or obovoid; dark red; 2–2.5 cm in diameter. Seeds 1(2).

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Historical Distribution

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Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Birds

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Catalogus: 39 (1823)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1342 (K, O, H); Staples & Herbst 2005:571 (KEY), 572 (DESCR); Uehara s.n. BISH 72341 (O†, 1955)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Cissus nodosa Hilo weed of vacant lot near Hilo Bay. Preserved_Specimen Vine with red inflorescence. Herbst, D.R. 5611 Hawaii BISH 1975-12-17
2 Cissus nodosa Koloa District. Kalaheo. Near end of Puuwai Road below Meideros chicken farm common vine in trees. Preserved_Specimen Leaves dark green above, paler below. Pedicels and flowers dark red, stames bright yellow. Flynn, T.W. 1944 Kauai BISH 1986-11-17
3 Cissus nodosa Dr. Lyon's Garden Preserved_Specimen Caum, E.L. Oahu BISH 1931-11-12
4 Cissus nodosa Honolulu, Kamehameha Schools Preserved_Specimen Mitchell, D.D. Oahu BISH 1954-12-20
5 Cissus nodosa Honolulu, Waikiki (per Mr. Giffard) Preserved_Specimen Fls. whitish-green; fr. black. Caum, E.L. 94 Oahu BISH 1927-11-04
6 Cissus nodosa Lihue, Hwy 50 between Hala Lane and Hoomana Road. Vine in trees along roadside Preserved_Specimen Leaves dark green above, paler below; stems green with paler green lenticels; stems of flowering branches brownish-green; inflorescence branches dark brownish-red; pedicels and flowers dark red, petals four; stamens four, bright yellow. Flynn, T.W. 2888 Kauai BISH 1988-04-01
7 Cissus nodosa Honolulu, Makiki Valley, Makiki Nursery (Bd.Agr. & For.) Preserved_Specimen Fl. buds crimson Uehara, S. Oahu BISH 1955-09-22
8 Cissus nodosa Oahu Preserved_Specimen Fl.-bearing branches red-purple and with oblong, oval lvs. + wedge-shaped at base. Other lvs. larger and narrow heart-shaped. Lvs. green, lighter below, with scattering light-tawny hairs on both sides. Inflorescence flat, bright crimson. McGuire, T. Oahu BISH 1945-10-18
9 Cissus nodosa Honolulu, Makiki Valley, Makiki Nursery (Board of Agriculture & Forestry) Preserved_Specimen Flowers whitish-green; fruit black. Uehara, S. Oahu BISH 1955-09-22
10 Cissus nodosa Kapoho Quad. Ahupuaa Kahuwai. Puna District Also known s Vine climbing over medium-size trees near ocean, at Old Hawaiian Canoe Sheds. Also known as Orris Beach. One private home nearby. Preserved_Specimen Pyle, L. Hawaii BISH 1986-11-11
11 Cissus nodosa Grounds of the National Guard Armary, Kapaa Cultivated. Preserved_Specimen Vine with dark green leaves, bright red flowers. Herbst, D.R. 9770 Kauai BISH 1996-05-30
12 Cissus nodosa Volcano Road, 2.2 mi. above Hilo. in edges of thicket near house, possibly planted. Preserved_Specimen Occasional. Vine, leaves dark purple beneath, fruit fleshy, black, fruiting pedicels curved, bright red. Fosberg, F.R. 55654 Hawaii BISH 1975-03-14
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