Family Name

VITACEAE

Scientific Name

Ampelocissus sp.

Synonyms

No synonym

Local Names

Sili-Sili (Tag.)

Botanical Description

A tendril climber. Stem 0.5 cm or more in diameter, without exudate, smooth to slightly fissured, glabrous; outer bark brown. Tendrils green, leaf opposed, with tendril and leaf arising from the tip of one stalk, spirally coiled. Leaves alternate, simple, serrate, ovate to elliptic, apex acuminate, base shallowly cordate to obtuse. Venation palmately netted.    

Distribution Ecology

Found in forest borders and secondary forests of Quezon and Laguna  

Other Economic Uses

No information available

Volume Estimate

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Other Plant Notes

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