Twining vine. Stem glabrous, not producing tubers. Leaf blades 2-8.5 × 1-5 cm, elliptic, at base rounded to cuneate, at apex acute to shortly acuminate. Inflorescences 4 - 25(- 35) cm long, unbranched or rarely with few (to many) branches, often with rather stout axis. Pedicels 1-3 mm long. Bracteoles persistent, triangular to very broadly ovate or almost circular, usually free. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 2.5-3.5 × 2-2.5 mm, usually shorter than petals, rarely equalling them in length, patent, ovate to elliptic, at anthesis whitish or cream-colored, in fruit brown. Petals 3-4 × 1-2 mm, uniform, more or less patent at anthesis and more or less erect in fruit, elliptic to obovate, at anthesis whitish or cream-colored, in fruit brown. Anthers at least sometimes pale reddish. Style 1, undivided. Fruit completely surrounded or loosely enclosed by persistent, more or less erect petals (Eriksson, 2007).
Related invasive species
- Anredera baselloides
Related Farm Practice
- Plantations
- Hosts
Related location
- Sri Lanka
A. baselloides is an invasive succulent vine capable of smothering and destroying native vegetation. Currently, this species is regarded as an environmental weed in the Dominican Republic and as an agricultural weed in Sri Lanka where it is impacting tea plantations (Ranamukhaarachchi et al., 1997). The species has climbing stems which can totally envelop the canopy layer, reducing light penetration and eventually killing the plants beneath and preventing the germination and regeneration of native plants.
A. baselloides has been reported as an agricultural weed impacting tea plantations in Sri Lanka (Ranamukhaarachchi et al., 1997).