Accession Data

Tetrastigma voinierianum

Common Name: Chestnut Vine

Family: Vitaceae

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.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession #: 199200473

Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 4102

Quantity: 2

Source: Unknown

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

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Vitales

Family: Vitaceae

SubFamily: Vitoideae

References

  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.

Images

Tetrastigma voinierianum
Tetrastigma voinierianum