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Accession Data:

Cissus javana DC.

  • Common Name: Rex Begonia Vine
  • Family: Vitaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Cissus discolor Blume

  • Country of Origin: Indonesia

  • USDA Zone: 11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 198500837
  • Source: Unknown
  • Accession Date: 12-31-1985
  • Bench: 1201 - AUS:West Bench NN
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Vitales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Vitaceae
  • SubFamily: Vitoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / Assam / Bangladesh / East Himalaya / India / Nepal / Andaman Is. / Laos / Myanmar / Thailand / Vietnam / Jawa / Malaya / Philippines

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.
  2. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Xue Davis (Own work). Used with permission. Last accessed on Wednesday, October 10, 2018.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 12:03:08 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

Images:

Cissus javana

Additional images for this accession:

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Current Accessions in the Vitaceae

Subfamily Leeoideae

  • Leea guineensis

Subfamily Vitoideae

  • Cissus alata
  • Cissus javana
  • Cissus quadrangularis
  • Cissus rotundifolia
  • Cissus tiliacea
  • Cissus verticillata
  • Cyphostemma cf. juttae
  • Cyphostemma currorii
  • Cyphostemma juttae
  • Cyphostemma uter
  • Rhoicissus capensis
  • Tetrastigma voinierianum
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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