Cayratia trifolia (L.) Domin.
Common Name : Bush Grape
Family : Vitaceae
HABIT |
A PERENNIAL CLIMBER. |
STEMS |
UP TO 7 M LONG AND 4.5 CM IN DIAMETER;
STEMS WOODY AT THE BASE ONLY. |
LEAVES |
ALTERNATE, TRIFOLIATE; TENDRILS SLENDER, LEAFOPPOSED; LEAFLETS
THICK, GENERALLY 3.8-5.7 CM LONG AND 2.2-3.2 CM WIDE, OVATE-LANCEOLATE TO
OBOVATE OR ROTUND-OVATE, APEX ACUTE, MUCRONATE, BASE ROUNDED, OBTUSE OR
ACUTE, MARGINS CRENATE TO SERRATE, MORE OR LESS PUBESCENT ON BOTH SURFACES. |
FLOWERS |
BORNE IN BRANCHED,
DIVARICATE, PUBESCENT, LONGPEDUNCLED, AXILLARY OR TERMINAL CYMES, UP TO 8 CM
LONG AND BROAD. |
FRUITS |
BERRIES WHITE, GLOBOSE OR TURBINATE,
FLESHY, 1.2-2 CM LONG, 2-4 SEEDED. |
SEEDS |
TRIANGULAR, ROUNDED AND
RUGOSE ON THE BACK, CUNEATE ON THE FACE. |