Ampelocissus abyssinica

Ampelocissus abyssinica
Scientific classification
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
	Vitis abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. (Poss.); Ampelocissus cavicaulis (Baker) Planch. (Poss.); Cissus pauli-guilielmii Schweinf.(Poss.); Vitis cavicaulis Baker;

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.