Vitaceae

Climbing begonia

Cissus discolor Blume

Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus

Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants

Climbing begonia (Cissus discolor) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free

Common names

By language (7)

Burmese: တစ်ပင်တိုင် မြနန်းပင်
Cantonese: 青紫葛
Chinese: 青紫葛, 锦叶葡萄, 下面红, 哈蚂藤, 抽筋散, 花斑叶, 花脸叶
English: Climbing begonia, Climbing-begonia, Rex begonia vine, Tapestry vine
Indonesian: Irah-irahan
mad: Rabet ḍârâ
Malayalam: ആരോൻപുളി

Synonyms

Cissus discolor unranked marmorata Jacob-Makoy
Cissus javana DC.
Cissus javana var. amplifolia Hochr.
Cissus marmorea G.Don
Cissus sessilis Amshoff
Cissus sicyoides Klein ex Steud.
Vitis bracteata Noronha
Vitis costata Wall.
Vitis discolor (Blume) Dalzell
Vitis diversifolia Wall.
Vitis inaequalis Wall.

Flowers

In flower: September, November to January (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Haneesh K M, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Eugene Popov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Dinkum, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ganjar Cahyadi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Zuzana, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: portioid, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

More in Cissus

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). About our plant data.