Ampelocissus abyssinica is a large climbing vine native to southeast Ethiopia, where it is known in the Afaan Oromo language by the name teru (also the name for a part of that country), and is used as a herbal treatment for the medical condition known as black leg.[1][2] Its first botanical description was in 1847 as Vitis abyssinica,[3] that name being the basionym for its treatment here under the genus Ampelocissus.[4]
| Ampelocissus abyssinica | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Ampelocissus |
| Species: | A. abyssinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Ampelocissus abyssinica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Ampelocissus abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich) Planch. [Family VITACEAE]". Aluka. Retrieved November 2, 2009.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Lulekal, E.; E. Kelbessa; T. Bekele; H. Yineger (2008). "An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Mana Angetu District, southeastern Ethiopia". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 4. Metafro-Infosys: 10. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-4-10. PMC 2391147. PMID 18442379.
- ^ Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 112. 1847 (from the entry for Vitis abyssinica at the Missouri Botanical Garden)
- ^ Vigne Amer. Vitic. Eur. 9(1): 24. 1885 (from the entry for Ampelocissus abyssinica at the Missouri Botanical Garden)
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