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Taxon:  Cissus quadrangularis L.



Summary
Genus:
Cissus
Family:
Vitaceae
Subfamily:
Vitoideae
Nomen number:
10622
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. ed. 12, 2:124; Mant. pl. 1:39 ("quadrangulus"). 1767
Comment:
  • published simultaneously, but with variant spellings
  • spelling of ed. 12 retained in ed. 13
Verified:
11/14/2002 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Vitis quadrangularis (L.) Wall. ex Wight

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  2. Arnold, T. H. & B. C. De Wet, eds. 1993. Plants of southern Africa: names and distribution. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa no. 62
  3. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java. Note: lists as "quadrangula"
  4. Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
  5. Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. 1925-1962. Florae siamensis enumeratio.
  6. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  7. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage Note: lists as "quadrangula"
  8. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  9. Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
  10. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
  11. Hajra, P. K. et al., eds. 1999-. Flora of Andaman-Nicobar Islands
  12. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  13. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  14. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  15. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: lists as "quadrangula"
  16. Lombardi, J. A. 2000. Vitaceae: Generos Ampelocissus, Ampelopsis, e Cissus. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 80:153.
  17. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  18. Matthew, K. M. 1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
  19. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  20. Merxmüller, H., ed. 1966-1972. Prodromus einer flora von Sudwestafrika.
  21. Mohamad, A. L. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  22. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  23. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  24. Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson. 1976. Flora of Hassan district.
  25. Sharma, B. D. et al., eds. 1993-. Flora of India.
  26. Shetty, B. V. & P. Singh. 1988. The Vitaceae in Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus. Taxon 37:172.
  27. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  28. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
  29. Wood, J. R. I. 1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Common names
English
veldt-grape –
winged treebine –
Swedish
kantcissus –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaChad  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaLimpopo 
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaMpumalanga 
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia s.w.
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndiaAndaman and Nicobar Islandss. Andaman Islands
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Gambia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa [Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North], Saudi Arabia (s.w.), Yemen
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
  • INDO-CHINA: India [Andaman and Nicobar Islands (s. Andaman Islands)], Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Environmentalornamental Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Human foodvegetable Facciola, S. 1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Human foodvegetable Mohamad, A. L. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
Medicinesfolklore Lombardi, J. A. 2000. Vitaceae: Generos Ampelocissus, Ampelopsis, e Cissus. Fl. Neotrop. Monogr. 80:153.
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=10622. Accessed 26 April 2025.