Menispermaceae
Velvetleaf
Cissampelos pareira
- Family
- Menispermaceae
- Genus
- Cissampelos
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 亚乎奴, 锡生藤, 美非锡生藤, 锡生藤（亚乎鲁、亚乎奴）, 雅红隆, 亚乎鲁, 亚呼鲁, 旋花錫生藤
- English
- Velvetleaf
- Nepali
- गुदरगानो
- Odia
- ପାଠା
Synonyms
- Cissampelos acuminata Benth.
- Cissampelos argentea Kunth
- Cissampelos auriculata Miers
- Cissampelos australis A.St.-Hil.
- Cissampelos benthamiana Miers
- Cissampelos boivinii Baill.
- Cissampelos bojeriana Miers
- Cissampelos caapeba L.
- Cissampelos canescens Miq.
- Cissampelos cocculus Poir.
- Cissampelos consociata Miers
- Cissampelos convolvulacea Willd.
- Cissampelos cordifolia Bojer
- Cissampelos cumingiana Turcz.
- Cissampelos delicatula Miers
- Cissampelos diffusa Miers
- Cissampelos discolor DC.
- Cissampelos discolor A.Gray
- Cissampelos discolor var. cardiophylla A.Gray
- Cissampelos diversa Miers
- Cissampelos elata Miers
- Cissampelos ellenbeckii Diels
- Cissampelos eriantha Miers
- Cissampelos eriocarpa Triana & Planch.
- Cissampelos glaucescens Triana & Planch.
- Cissampelos gracilis A.St.-Hil.
- Cissampelos grallatoria Miers
- Cissampelos guayaquilensis Kunth
- Cissampelos haenkeana C.Presl
- Cissampelos hederacea Miers
- Cissampelos heterophylla DC.
- Cissampelos hirsuta Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
- Cissampelos hirsutissima C.Presl
- Cissampelos kohautiana C.Presl
- Cissampelos limbata Miers
- Cissampelos littoralis A.St.-Hil.
- Cissampelos littoralis var. minutiflora A.St.-Hil. & Tul.
- Cissampelos longipes Miers
- Cissampelos madagascariensis Miers
- Cissampelos madagascariensis Diels
and 54 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to April, July to December (from 37 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Arthur de Jesús Chavarría Pérez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dr.Subhransu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dina Martins, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Juan Cruzado Cortés, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Prenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Trap Hers, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Skjold Søndergaard, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: serenirygrondin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.