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.