Tetrastigma

Taxobox
name = "Tetrastigma"

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image_caption = "Tetrastigma pubinerve"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Vitales
familia = Vitaceae
genus = "Tetrastigma"
genus_authority = (Miq.) Planch.

"Tetrastigma" is a genus of plants in the grape family, Vitaceae. The plants are vines that climb with tendrils and have palmately compound leaves. The species are found in subtropical and tropical regions of Asia, Malesia, and Australia. Species of this genus are notable as being the sole hosts of parasitic plants in the family Rafflesiaceae, one of which, "Rafflesia arnoldii", produces the largest flower in the world. [ [http://www.forestry.sarawak.gov.my/forweb/ourfor/flora/tpp/bpakma.htm Forest Department, Sarawak] ]

The genus has about 90 species, of which "Tetrastigma voinierianum" as the only cultivated species is probably the best-known.

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