| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Ampelocissus abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich) Planch. | |
| Synonyms | |
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. Its first botanical description was in 1847 as Vitis abyssinica, that name being the basionym for its treatment here under the genus Ampelocissus.
References
- ^ "Ampelocissus abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich) Planch. [Family VITACEAE]". Aluka. Retrieved November 2, 2009.
- 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)
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Ampelocissus abyssinica | |
| Vitis abyssinica | |
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