| Venezuelan Treebine |
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| File size | 371072 |
| Original date | 6/14/10 10:26 AM |
| Resolution | 2048 x 1536 |
| Flash | Flash did not fire, auto |
| Focal length | 5.66mm |
| Exposure time | 1/40s |
| Aperture | 2.8 |
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| Metering Mode | Multi-segment |
| Camera make | SONY |
| Camera model | DSC-W530 |
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Botanical name: Cissus rotundifolia Family: Vitaceae (Grape family)
Synonyms: Vitis crassifolia, Cissus crassifolia, Saelanthus rotundifolius
Synonyms: Vitis crassifolia, Cissus crassifolia, Saelanthus rotundifolius
Venezuelan Treebine is a vigorous climber up to 30
ft long. Stems are often 4-5-angled, velvety of hairless. Tendrils are
2-fid. Leaves are simple or occasionally lobed. Leaf-stalks is velvety,
up to 1 cm long. Leaves are up to 8 x 8 cm, circular to ovate, blunt at
the tip, margin toothed, heart-shaped at the base, velvety to hairless
on both sides, thick and fleshy. Stipules are up to 4 mm. long,
semicircular, hairless, falling off. Flowers are borne in lax cymes,
leaf-opposed and at branch ends. Cymes are carried on 3 cm long
stalks. Flower-stalks are 4-5 mm. long lengthening to 1 cm in fruit.
Flower-buds are 3.5 x 1.5 mm. Calyx 1 mm. long, entire. Petals are
green. Ovary hairless, style 0.5 mm long. Fruit is 1.5 x 1.3 cm, red
when ripe. Seeds are 1-2 per fruit, 9 mm. long, smooth with single
crest. Venezuelan Treebine is native to Africa and the Arabian
peninsula.
Identification credit: Jui Pethe
| Photographed in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. |