Cyphostemma vanmeelii (Lawalrée) Wild & R.B. Drumm.

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Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Cultivated, ex Lazy-J;
Protea Hill Farm;
Dec 1996
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Kalambo Falls;
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Lazy-J, botanical reserve;
Mar 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Lazy-J, botanical reserve;
Mar 2009
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Lazy-J, botanical reserve
Apr 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Lazy-J, botanical reserve
Apr 2000
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Mbala;
Dec 2006
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Mbala;
Dec 2006
Photo: Mike Bingham

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Wet dambo on raised termite mound
Kundalila Falls
Feb 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Wet dambo on raised termite mound
Kundalila Falls
Feb 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman

Cyphostemma vanmeelii

Wet dambo on raised termite mound
Kundalila Falls
Feb 2018
Photo: Nick Wightman

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Synonyms: Cissus stipulaceoides Dewit
Cissus vanmeelii Lawalrée
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Status: Native
Description:
Herb, perennial, erect c. 0.6 m tall or occasionally stems prostrate; stems striate, tomentose with long whitish weak hairs or glabrescent later and also with long slender red patent glandular hairs up to 2 cm. long; tendrils absent. Leaves digitately 3-5-foliolate, indumentum like that of the stems. Cymes terminal or in the upper axils. Fruit crimson, 1 cm. in diameter, globose, pubescent and with long red gland-tipped hairs.
Type location:
DRC, Katanga
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Flowering time:Dec
Worldwide distribution: Zambia, D.R. Congo and Tanzania
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Literature:

Wild, H. & Drummond, R.B. (1966). Vitaceae Flora Zambesiaca 2(2) Pages 467 - 469. (Includes a picture).


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Copyright: The DRC flora team, 2024-26

The DRC flora team (2026). Flora of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Species information: Cyphostemma vanmeelii.
https://www.drcongoflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=200640, retrieved 19 June 2026

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