Common name
Mandarin: 茎花崖爬藤 (jing hua ya pa teng)
Mandarin: 茎花崖爬藤 (jing hua ya pa teng)
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Rhamnales (26)
Family: Vitaceae (14)(family description)
Genus: Tetrastigma (5)
Epithet: cauliflorum Merr. (1)
Synonym: Tetrastigma membranaceum C.Y. Wu
cauliflorum => having flowers on the stem
membranaceum => thin textured, membranous
Climate: tropical
Habit: liana
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