Cissus latifolia
Lam., Encycl. 1: 30. 1783; Shetty & P. Singh in
Taxon 37: 172. 1988. Vilis glauca sensu Wight & Arn., Prodr. 126. 1834.
p.p.; M. Lawson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 648. 1875 p.p. V. gigantea Beddome
in Trans. Linn. Soc. 25: 212. 1865. Cissus gigantea Beddome in Madras
J. Sci. 22(2): 75. 1861. C.
wightii Planchon in DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 478.
1887. C. glauca sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1: 234. 1918. (non Roxb.,
1820).
Climbing shrubs; branches subterete, striate, glabrous, glaucous; tendrils
forked. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, 10-18 x 8-13 cm, acuminate
at apex, cordate at base, bristly-serrate at margins; glabrous above, pubescent
chiefly on nerves beneath, reticulations prominent; petioles 5-11 cm long,
terete, glabrous. Inflorescences umbellate cymes, 4-10 cm long, bracteolate;
peduncles 2-5 cm long, pubescent. Flowers globose, ca 2 mm across; pedicels
3-4 mm long, pubescent. Calyx cupular, subentire, membranous,at margin.
Petals oblong ca 1 x 0.5 mm, puberulous. Stamens ca 1 mm long; anthers
oblong-oveid. Disc 4-netched and 4-lobed, covering about half of ovary. Ovary
ca 1 mm across, pubescent at summit; style stout; stigma subcapitate. Berries
pyriform, ca 7 mm across, 1-seeded. Seeds ca 7 x 4 mm, tessellated with
angular facets on either side of the longitudinally encircling ridged raphe.
Distrib. India: Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Sri Lanka.
Distrib. India: Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.
Sri Lanka.