Vitaceae

Cissus

Cissus repens Lam.

Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus

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Cissus (Cissus repens) — FlowerPhoto: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (6)

ban: Sambung tulang
Chinese: 白粉藤, 粉藤, 四方藤, 独脚乌桕
English: Cissus
Malayalam: ചുവന്ന ചുണ്ണാമ്പുവള്ളി
szy: Nipaluma-tucyawuciw, tocyawociw
Tamil: செம்பிரண்டை

Synonyms

Cissus blumeana Steud.
Cissus cerifera Teijsm. & Binn.
Cissus cordata Roxb.
Cissus diffusus (Miq.) Amshoff
Cissus glauca Roxb.
Cissus glaucoramea Planch.
Cissus modestus (Miq.) Amshoff
Cissus purpurea Roxb. ex Steud.
Cissus repens var. sinensis Hand.-Mazz.
Cissus vesicatoria Blanco
Ingenhoussia umbellata Dennst.
Vitis cordata Wall. ex Voigt
Vitis diffusa Miq.
Vitis glauca (Roxb.) Wall.
Vitis kleinii Wall.
Vitis modesta Miq.
Vitis repens (Lam.) Wight & Arn.
Vitis vitiginea var. repens (Lam.) Kuntze

Flowers

In flower: July (from 8 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jacy Chen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 曾昱承 Yu-Cheng Zeng, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 葉子, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Vinayaraj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bella Lin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: FarEnd2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 謝麗霦, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: FarEnd2018, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: 呂一起, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.