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<big>''[[Cyphostemma adenocaule]]'' (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Wild & R.B.Drumm.</big>
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:Protologue: Fl. Zamb. 2(2): 473 (1966).
:Family: Vitaceae
== Synonyms ==
*''Cissus adenocaulis'' Steud. ex A.Rich. (1847).
== Vernacular names ==
*Mwengele (Sw).
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
== Botany ==
*Perennial herb climbing or scrambling with leaf-opposed, branched tendrils; roots tuberous; stem slender, up to 3(–6) m long. *Leaves alternate, pedately 5–7(–11)-foliolate; stipules ovate to oblong-ovate, up to 6–10 mm long, often red, persistent; petiole 1–5.5(–9.5) cm long; leaflets elliptical, ovate or broadly ovate, up to 11.5 cm × 7.5 cm, base cuneate to cordate, apex acuminate or acute. *Inflorescence an irregular, lax, corymbose cyme 2–15 cm long. *Flowers bisexual, 4-merous; calyx entire; petals narrowly oblong-triangular, up to 4 mm long. *Fruit a fleshy berry up to 11 mm × 7 mm, usually deflexed, red to purplish black, 2–4-seeded. *Seeds ellipsoid to ovoid, very slightly reniform, up to 8 mm long.
The genus ''Cyphostemma'' is closely related to ''Cissus'' and comprises about 250 species, almost all of them restricted to sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. Many ''Cyphostemma'' species are used in traditional medicine. ''Cyphostemma adenocaule'' is very variable, especially in the density of the indumentum. Sterile plants closely resemble ''Cayratia gracilis'' (Guill. & Perr.) Suess., but the stipules are caducous in the latter.
== Ecology ==
''Cyphostemma adenocaule'' is widespread in savanna and is found in gallery forests and fallow land as well.
== Management ==
== Author(s) ==
* C.H. Bosch , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Bosch, C.H., 2004. '''Cyphostemma adenocaule''' (Steud. ex A.Rich.) Wild & R.B.Drumm. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. Grubben, G.J.H. & Denton, O.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>.
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