Author: | Carl Linnaeus, 1759 |
Family: |
VITACEAE |
Origin: |
Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, USA,
Venezuela.
(Cissus discolor: Andaman Island, Assam, Bangladesh,
Cambodia, S-C China, East Himalaya, India, Java, Laos,
Lesser Sunda Island, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Island,
Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam ?) |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
Thickness: |
15 Centimetres |
Height: |
6-10
Metres |
Flower:
|
Greenish
White - White - Yellow |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
Princess
Vine, Millionaire Vine, Curtain Ivy |
Synonyms: |
Vitis
vitiginea, W.Theob. var. sicyodes Kuntze, 1891.
Cissus canescens Lam. 1792.
Cissus compressicaulis
Ruiz & Pav. 1798.
Cissus umbrosa Kunth, 1822.
Cissus elliptica Schltdl. & Cham. 1830.
Cissus
obtusata Benth.1844.
Irsiola sicyoides Raf. 1838.
Vitis sicyoides Morales, 1866.
Cissus brevipes
C.V. Morton & Standl.1937.
Cissus verticillata
Nicolson & C.E. Jarvis, 1984.
And perhaps:
Cissus javana, DC.
Cissus marmorea, G.Don
Cissus sessilis, Amshoff.
Vitis bracteata, Noronha
Vitis costata, Wall.
Vitis discolor, Dalzell
Vitis diversifolia, Wall.
Vitis inaequalis, Wall. |
This member of the Vitaceae family was given this name by
Carl Linnaeus in 1759. It is found
in Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, USA and
Venezuela. If it is a synonym of Cissus discolor, it
is a good part of Asia!). It is growing in a well drained soil with
quite some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to
fifteen
centimetres in diameter, the vines can reach six to ten metres in
length. The
flowers are from white over greenish to yellow.
The generic name is derived from
the Greek word κισσος kissos, meaning 'ivy'. The species name
means 'looking like Sicyos'. |