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Accession Data:

Tetrastigma voinierianum (Baltet) Pierre ex Gagnepain

  • Common Name: Chestnut Vine
  • Family: Vitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Vietnam

  • Description: Coarse, stout, rampant vine, young stems and petioles oftendensely tawny-pilose to woolly; leaflets mostly five, 4-8 inches long, usually rhombic, weakly serrate to crenate-serrate, puberulent to tomentose beneath, petioles 4-12 inches long; sepals lacking or very short.

    Bearing 'pearl bodies' on the lower leaflet and stipular surfaces which are used by visiting ant species.

    Rafflesia kerri is parasitic on Tetrastigma vines.

  • Culture: Propagate via semi ripe cuttings, provide heat and high humidity and a well drained mix. Tends to rot when under mist.
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199200473
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1992
  • Bench: 4102 - EPI: NE Corner (Anthurium)
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-05-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Vitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Vitaceae
  • SubFamily: Vitoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Ant Plants (myrmecophytes)
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • AntU - Learning from the Complex Society of Army Ants & Their Guests
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Vietnam

References (external):

  1. Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 18, 2017.
  3. Image #00 (cropped) and #01 (original) by Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Tuesday, July 18, 2017.
  4. Tetrastigma voinierianum at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, October 05, 2018.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:03:50 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Tetrastigma voinierianum

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Current Accessions in the Vitaceae

Subfamily Leeoideae

  • Leea guineensis

Subfamily Vitoideae

  • Cissus alata
  • Cissus javana
  • Cissus quadrangularis
  • Cissus rotundifolia
  • Cissus tiliacea
  • Cissus verticillata
  • Cyphostemma cf. juttae
  • Cyphostemma currorii
  • Cyphostemma juttae
  • Cyphostemma uter
  • Rhoicissus capensis
  • Tetrastigma voinierianum
W/C = Wild Collected
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