cissus verticillata

Cissus verticillata, the princess vine or seasonvine, is an evergreen perennial vine in the grapevine family Vitaceae.

Historical folk medicine recommendations include 'weakness of the stomach', fevers and antiepileptic action. The root bark was also chewed 'to strengthen teeth'.

Cissus verticillata (= C. sicyoides) was discovered in 1571 in Mexico (probably in what is today the state of Michoacán) and first described in 1574 by Nicolás Monardes who named in Spanish Carlo Sancto. In Europe the plant ...