Dicotyledon

Vitaceae -- The Grape Family

Cissus -- The grape ivy genus

General Information
	Distribution	A pantropical genus of over 250 species.
	Habit	Lianas or sometimes creeping perennial herbs with tuberous roots.
	Leaves	Leaves simple, somewhat fleshy, margins dentate, with leaf-opposed tendrils.
	Flowers	Flowers 4-merous, in leaf-opposed, umbellate cymes; calyx subtruncate; petals distinct, apex hooded; nectary disk cupular, 4-lobed, adnate to base of ovary, margins thickened; stigma small.
	Fruit	Berries globose or obovoid.
	Seeds	Seeds 1(2).