Vitaceae
Cissus

Cissus microcarpa Vahl

First published in Eclog. Amer. 1: 16 (1797)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico to Tropical America. It is a liana and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is used as a medicine.

Descriptions

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Andean, Caribbean, Pacific. Elevation range: 0–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Antioquia, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Magdalena.
Habit
Liana, Climbing.
Ecology
Habitat according IUCN Habitats Classification: forest and woodland, shrubland, native grassland, artificial - terrestrial.
Vernacular
Bejuco comemano
[UPFC]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

George R. Proctor (2012). Flora of the Cayman Isands (Second Edition). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Vernacular
PUDDING WITH, DAFFODIL
Morphology General Habit
A subwoody scrambler or vine with few tendrils, the branches variously 4-winged or - angled; leaves glabrous, trifoliate, the terminal leaflet subrhombic-elliptic, 3–6 cm long or more, the lateral ones obliquely ovate and smaller, all blunt to subacuminate at the apex, the margins distantly and minutely mucronate-serrulate
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Cymes red, many-flowered, shorter than the opposing leaves, the branches and pedicels puberulous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers red, the pedicels 3–5 mm long
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Berries ovoid-globose, 7–8 mm in diameter, purple.
Distribution
Cayman Islands. Cuba, Jamaica, Central and S. America.
Ecology
In dry or moist woodlands, climbing on rocks and trees.
Recognition
The Cayman plants as described above are somewhat transitional toward Cissus caustica Tussac, a species of Cuba and Hispaniola.
[Cayman]

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 0 - 2000 m.; Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
Morphology General Habit
Trepadora, liana
Conservation
No Evaluada
[CPLC]

Uses

Use Medicines
Medical uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0