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Photo by Soumen Aditya


The flowers and an immature fruit.

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'.