Flower Qingziye
Plant Attributes of Flower Qingziye
Chinese Name Qingziye Alias锦绣葡萄, Flowering Leaf Pink Vine, Flower-faced Leaf, Below Red, etc. Latin Name Cissus javana DC Family and Genus Grape Family, White Powder Vine Genus Distribution Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in ChinaPlant Introduction of Flower Qingziye
Qingziye is a herbaceous vine. The young branches are subquadrate, with longitudinal ridges, glabrous or slightly pubescent. The compound leaves are opposite, shaped like a halberd or ovate-halberd, dark green on the upper surface and light green on the lower surface, both sides glabrous, and significantly different in color when dry. The stipules are herbaceous, ovate or ovate-elliptic, glabrous or slightly pubescent. The inflorescence is terminal or opposite to the leaves, the flower buds are elliptic with rounded apex; the calyx is saucer-shaped, margin entire or shallowly lobed, glabrous; the petals are elliptic, glabrous; the fruit is obovoid-ellipsoid, the seeds are obovate and elliptic. Flowering period is from June to October, fruiting period is from November to December.